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This weekend at a friends housewarming party (and a nice apartment it is too Josh) I consider myself priveleged to have tasted one of the finest scotches I will ever taste in my lifetime. My buddy, Joe, just returned from a trip to Scotland, my adopted homeland via marriage to a McDougall. He brought with him many tales of beauty and wonder and a few bottles of the golden tears of the gods. Apparently he had stopped at scotlands smallest distillery called Edradour. There, for the small sum of Ł40 (close to $67) he got a fifth of scotch straight from one of their casks. It was ten years old, and a little fierce at first at 120 proof, but with some of the best flavor and essence I have ever had.

I know it's not beer, but it comes damn close, I mean, if you skip the addition of hops, make your wert a little stronger, pitch it with some higher ac tolerating yeast, ferment it twice, and THEN let it rest comfortably for ten years; it's practically beer. Too bad it's illegal to distill any alcohol in the United States for non commercial purposes, aka home distilling. I mean, this scotch was so good, I would spend a good many years of my life attempting to recreate the semblence of flavors that graced my tongue.

After being told that this fine single malt beverage was only available by flying my ass to scotland and purchasing some at the little distillery, I was sad that only one bottle (ok, only half a bottle now) is within several miles of my reach. Today, I poked around until, to much rejoicing, I found an online retailer of the finest malts around that ships. I am not sure of the rules for importing such stuff, but I intend to find out sometime in the future. The straight from the cask Edradour and the normal 10 year Edradour can be found here. Use this wisely, or it could spell your doom.


	dustin September 23, 2003 07:20 PM PDT check out La froige (SP?) it's pretty fucking good. My exp tells me that the isle (islay) malts are peatier and in my opinion worth drinking more of. I'm not a fan of any of the edinburg malts, but I had some of the same 10 yr old Edradour and can verify that all the rumors are true. Ps, you've ruined me.