[Sca-cooks] Virtual Cookie Exchange

[S CLEMENGER]

aarrgghhlll...I goofed.  It's not a 15 y.o. Jameson's.  Only 12.  I *think* I brought it back with me when I visited Ireland in 2002 (which visit included a tour of the Jameson's Distillery in Dublin).  I do recall that it was far from being the oldest or most expensive of the whiskeys available there, so perhaps it's a matter of what's exported more than what's produced?
I'm still not a huge fan of straight alcohols (probably never will be...just don't seem to have the taste buds for it), but on the rare occasion when I do want some, it's nice to indulge in something good.  I have the Jameson's, and a nice bottle of Screech, and there's this rum I'd love to find, but it's not available in-state, alas....
I remember the guides talking about the, uh, centralization? of distilleries, but don't recall the details.  I don't know enough about the Irish economy to make a truly educated guess, but I do recall having the impression that it was as much modern corporate condensation as anything else.
--Maire, who saves her bottle of Screech for Moments of Extreme Knitting Frustration....
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  From: Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius<mailto:adamantius1 at verizon.net> 
  To: Cooks within the SCA<mailto:sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Virtual Cookie Exchange



  On Dec 23, 2007, at 12:56 PM, S CLEMENGER wrote:

  > Scotch, shortbread, and Constant Comment? Hmmmm.....
  > --Maire, thinking that would be a *nice* treat on the 24th, provided  
  > she substitutes her 15 y.o. Jameson's for the Scotch....and provided  
  > she doesn't eat the last few pieces of shortbread beforehand....

  Do they still make a 15-year-old Jameson's? She Who Must Be Obeyed  
  went in search of a decent Irish whisky for a gift (eventually coming  
  home with Tullamore Dew, which I'd heard of, but never actually seen  
  before), and the guys at the liquor store (who tend to know our buying  
  patterns and that we don't tend to bother with crap) were recommending  
  a product called Redbreast, which is apparently 12 years old, but  
  alleges to be the only single-pot-still Irish whisky available. I  
  think she decided to get some for the house next time...

  In the mean time, the Tullamore Dew website states that a huge number  
  of distilleries in Ireland were sold and closed in approximately 1959,  
  and that almost all the Irish whisky on the market is made in one of  
  only two distilleries.