DenysW Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 13 hours ago, Northmoor said: Ignore the whisky snobs who look down on blended Scotch; what do they think it's blended from? If it's cheap: continuously distilled grain whisky. The grain distilleries dwarf the malt distilleries. If it's cheap: young but still by-definition Scotch whiskey (below). The less cheap it is the more it's got better quality single malts in it and the older it is. In the limit it's all single malts. To be Scotch Whiskey it must be aged in oak barrels for at least 4 years, and the only permitted additive is caramel. To be good Scotch Whiskey, in general, at least 10 years old, but there are honourable exceptions. Glen Moray found their sales of 7-year increased greatly when they left the age off the label. Folks were judging by the label not the actual flavour. Pretty much the same for Armagnac: it's usually pretty rough until you get to 10 years named-age or Hors d'Age (not component less than 10 years old. 1 3 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian@stenochs Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 58 minutes ago, DenysW said: If it's cheap: continuously distilled grain whisky. The grain distilleries dwarf the malt distilleries. If it's cheap: young but still by-definition Scotch whiskey (below). The less cheap it is the more it's got better quality single malts in it and the older it is. In the limit it's all single malts. To be Scotch Whiskey it must be aged in oak barrels for at least 4 years, and the only permitted additive is caramel. To be good Scotch Whiskey, in general, at least 10 years old, but there are honourable exceptions. Glen Moray found their sales of 7-year increased greatly when they left the age off the label. Folks were judging by the label not the actual flavour. Pretty much the same for Armagnac: it's usually pretty rough until you get to 10 years named-age or Hors d'Age (not component less than 10 years old. Sorry to correct you Denys but Scotch has to be matured only 3 years in the cask and it is Scotch it is spelt Whisky. No E! Most of the Malts which don't give an age are blends of different years production. Not inferior but blended for consistency. Aeging is an expensive practice and no income while the spirit rests so a lot of distilleries are also making gin which can be sold the day it is distilled! Ian. 3 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 21 hours ago, Oldddudders said: My Welsh neighbours of 40 years ago used to refer to their local brew Felin Foel, back home in Wales, as Feeling Foul. As we lived in Kent it was mainly Shepherd Neame we downed on a Friday night. . Another South Walian brew was "Vale of Neath Ales" - or more colloquially "Vale of Death Ales" 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8 There was a pub at the other end of Cranbook, near the station, called the Duke of Kent (or York or somewhere) which became known as the Duke of Death, due to less-than-optimum perceived hygiene standards. Nice. 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 8 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8 5 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: There was a pub at the other end of Cranbook, near the station, called the Duke of Kent (or York or somewhere) which became known as the Duke of Death, due to less-than-optimum perceived hygiene standards. Nice. Either York or Sussex, both of which are particularly odious. 4 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 The Night Mail (2024 version - with apologies to WH Auden) Extraneous matter deleted... Crossing the Border Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder Silent miles of wind-bent grasses. Birds turn their heads as she approaches, In the farm she passes no one wakes, But a jug in a bedroom gently shakes. Dawn freshens, Her climb is done. Down towards Glasgow she descends, All Scotland waits for her: In dark glens, beside pale-green lochs Men long for news. Without a quickening of the heart, For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8 (edited) So, I've just been reading an article about how people are abandoning the mainstream social media sites and apps in favour of hobby sites and apps more geared to their specific interests: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/08/goodbye-tinder-hello-strava-have-hobby-apps-become-the-new-social-networks In particular, mention is made of such sites replacing dating apps for people looking to hook up. Setting aside the tension lock vs. three-link debate, I have to say I can't see that happening here, much. Edited September 8 by Compound2632 3 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 I'll be in the third aisle of ASDA (by the lemons), wearing a MR wyvern badge... 1 1 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8 2 hours ago, ian@stenochs said: Sorry to correct you Denys but Scotch has to be matured only 3 years in the cask and it is Scotch it is spelt Whisky. No E! Most of the Malts which don't give an age are blends of different years production. Not inferior but blended for consistency. Aeging is an expensive practice and no income while the spirit rests so a lot of distilleries are also making gin which can be sold the day it is distilled! Ian. One of our local artisan Cognac producers describes any that has been aged less than 10 years as cooking brandy. There is just one problem with his 20 Yr old. It's so smooth at that other halves tend to like it and the bottles empty twice as fast. Jamie 6 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Right, a serious post from me. Yes, unusual I know... If anyone has any old BR London Midland Operating Area/Region WTTs for the late 50s/early 60s which cover the Derby area and want to dispose of them to a good home, please send me a PM. I keep searching eBay but to no avail. Am doing some research into passenger/freight traffic around the Midland Lines, particularly around Derby 1945 - 1965. Yes, I know Kew has stuff, but I really need to have some WTTs for a longer period to consult, rather than a flying visit there. Anyway, I can but ask... 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 8 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8 Midland MIDLAND! I'll get my coat, after my apoplectic attack has subsided. 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8 3 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Setting aside the tension lock vs. three-link debate, I have to say I can't see that happening here, much. Perhaps not on this thread but one of the song games on Wheeltappers seemed to be used for such purposes. 3 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Tony_S said: Perhaps not on this thread but one of the song games on Wheeltappers seemed to be used for such purposes. I'll avoid that then. Thanks for the warning! 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8 1 hour ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Right, a serious post from me. Yes, unusual I know... If anyone has any old BR London Midland Operating Area/Region WTTs for the late 50s/early 60s which cover the Derby area and want to dispose of them to a good home, please send me a PM. I keep searching eBay but to no avail. Am doing some research into passenger/freight traffic around the Midland Lines, particularly around Derby 1945 - 1965. Yes, I know Kew has stuff, but I really need to have some WTTs for a longer period to consult, rather than a flying visit there. Anyway, I can but ask... Check out the Midland Railway Study Centre. There is a general aim of digitising as much as possible, so if you were to offer to spend a day photographing... 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 19 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Check out the Midland Railway Study Centre. There is a general aim of digitising as much as possible, so if you were to offer to spend a day photographing... Thanks. I'll have a look. Dave H is always very helpful. He's probably fed-up with me asking about Chadd Sdgs... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8 43 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: I'll avoid that then. Thanks for the warning! It all ended happily though! 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Ye gods! I was looking for angels share and I found this. https://www.theglenlivet.com/en-us/articles/angels-share-meaning/ GMAFB! 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 8 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: Yes, you're quite right. I'm afraid my using the term copper paxolin is akin to using the word Hoover to describe a vacuum cleaner, regardless of manufacturer. The copper clad laminate I'm using is is double sided. and is cut into strips 68mm long by 25 mm wide and is 2mm thick, so is fairly substantial. On the cassette units it is glued onto an MDF plate of the same dimensions, albeit it 3 mm thick, and this is then glued to the base of the cassette. It is drilled on each side of the copper clad and screwed down into the cassette base, so I'm pretty sure that they are quite secure. For the female connectors that are at each end of the scenic section, I double up on the screws. For ease of manufacture, the copper clad is cut using my Proxxon table saw. Once we have a large enough pile, the blade is dropped so it is just protruding from the saw bed. and is then used to cut the isolating grooves: These are staggered. The top one being on the approximate centre line, and then the copper clad is flipped over and the fence is reset to 20 mm and two further grooves are cut, one each end. this ensures that the fixing screws cannot pass current. I feel using this three groove method is better/stronger than a pair of grooves directly above/below each other. Good that you isolated the bottom too. A lot of people have been caught out by that one. 😄 I use a Dremel with a grinding wheel so I don't cut into the substrate. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 6 hours ago, Oldddudders said: There was a pub at the other end of Cranbook, near the station, called the Duke of Kent (or York or somewhere) which became known as the Duke of Death, due to less-than-optimum perceived hygiene standards. Nice. And whilst on the subject of unofficial nicknames for pubs: the infamous Brains Trust (made up of of assorted disreputable RMWeb types) now meets at a pub near Waterloo (London, not Belgium) called The Duke of Sussex. Inevitably it is now referred to by the GCOGs (Grumpy Curmudgeonly Old Gits) of the BT as The Ginger Whinger. 8 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted September 8 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 8 I was a naughty boy at the Broccante (Car Boot) today, I bought a flatiron. No not a Midland 0-6-4T but this A Joueff 12000, I always liked them when I saw them. I then needed some change as I only had notes so had to go back and get two coaches to go with it, they were only €4 each. One of the coaches even has lights in it that work. Emily will love this when she comes next. Jamie 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timboh Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 4 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: I'll be in the third aisle of ASDA (by the lemons), wearing a MR wyvern badge... Our local Asda did have an unofficial date night -a Thursday - a few years back. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 4 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: I'll be in the third aisle of ASDA (by the lemons), wearing a MR wyvern badge... Wouldn't do that in Spain at the moment as there appears to be some sort of interwebby craze doing the rounds there involve pineapples of all things. 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8 1 hour ago, AndyID said: Ye gods! I was looking for angels share and I found this. https://www.theglenlivet.com/en-us/articles/angels-share-meaning/ GMAFB! It (as a wasting asset) affects capital gains tax liability in the UK. Guess who had a guided tour of a distillery this summer. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 20 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Wouldn't do that in Spain at the moment as there appears to be some sort of interwebby craze doing the rounds there involve pineapples of all things. . The wife warns me about pineapples whenever we go on a cruise. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 5 minutes ago, br2975 said: . The wife warns me about pineapples whenever we go on a cruise. Just don't turn it upside down. 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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