Reminds me of a 'funny' story.

We had a European teenage relative come and stay with us for 6 months.
Upon arrival at home, we sat down for a cuppa and a chat.

Our teenager asked "wanna bikkie?"
Our poor visitor who thought he had a good grasp of high school English, was totally perplexed.

For the non-Australians, the translation was 'would you like a biscuit?'

Slainte mhath

( A traditional Scottish toast - Cheers )

DOH, how could I not get that ?
Face palm.

At the risk of being boring, here's some whisky info.

Blended Whisky
A blend of many types of whisky from many distilleries.
Think Johnnie Walker etc

Single Malt Whisky
Whisky made solely from barley ( malt ).
Produced at a  single distillery, but may be a vatting of several casks.

Single Cask Whisky
On odd occasions a barrel just turns out magically well.
Rather than mix it with anything, it can be bottled as a single cask whisky.

My dram the other night was a Glenlivet 12 single cask @ a lazy 66% ABV
Bottled by the independent company - Signatory Vintage.

Sometimes a lucky accident happens.
Whilst entering a word in the current 10 letter puzzle, I accidentally mis-typed a letter.

The typo was a real word.
Yes, it was a word I knew, but hadn't recognised at the time.

It is a somewhat special word.
For much of the time, I was the sole player who played the word.
Now there is a second player.

I consider any word with a single digit count to be a worthwhile effort.
It doesn't happen often.

If it remains in single digits, I may have a dram tonight.

 However, I believe there would be a lot of single Malt (especially cask strength) sippers who would advocate a few drops of water to release the flavour. 

I approach this from 2 different angles, and a bit of experience.

#1
I gladly acknowledge that the folk at the distillery know much more than I do.
Thus the way they choose to bottle any particular whisky is about the best that it can be.
I am confident they will taste it at various dilutions before deciding the optimum strength to go into the bottle.
It would be a huge leap to think otherwise.

#2
I have a number of cask strength whiskies.
Sometimes ( rarely ) I do add water.
There is both a dynamic effect and a static effect, in my opinion.
Immediately after dilution, interesting and inexplicable ( good ) things happen, and then wane.
If you leave it in the glass diluted for a while, it relaxes to a static condition, much like I guess it would be, if bottled that way.

Slainte
Michael

Apology accepted.
Thank you.

Just to be absolutely clear:

*  In acknowledgement of the spectrum of people out there, I included the word SPOILER, indeed twice.
*  I even used uppercase letters, roughly equivalent to raising my voice.
*  I deliberately positioned one instance of SPOILER at the start, and one at the end, in acknowledgement of the wide variety of platforms that users may be using, and the chance that text may be formatted in a variety of manners.

Whilst we may disagree on when a spoiler can be published or mentioned, I think I have taken reasonable steps to accommodate most reasonable people.

Kind regards
Michael

Hi

Hopefully I won't upset anyone by suggesting a word in an open puzzle.
However I don't want to forget this one, it might keep me going.

Today's 10 letter, 'enthusiast' puzzle, contains perhaps an additional 10 letter word, 'sustaineth'.
What say ye ?

Michael

Pat

Of course you are correct.
There are some fanatics out there who pay some amazing prices for rare items.

If you are interested, you can take a peek at:
www.whiskyauctioneer.com

I cannot fathom paying those sort of prices.
Even if I did, I can only guess that one might be disappointed if such a special bottle was ever opened and savoured.
How could anything be 100+ times better than a standard, or even expensive bottle at say 100 quid.

It's a fascinating world.

Michael