Simply Whisky create a cocktail containing the Mortlach 70

[simplywhisky]

For those that are interested, Simply Whisky & Erik Lorincz of The Savoy Hotel's American Bar have created a cocktail containing the World's oldest whisky, the Mortlach 70 Year Old / 1938.

Full details are here:

http://www.simplywhisky.com/news/dram_g ... der_el.php

[Rogerdodger]

I had mine with coke.

[C57]

Waste of a 70 yo whisky?

[MacDeffe]

Hmmm

Normally I don't care much what people do with their whiskies, and I do think that different whiskies can make a difference in cocktails

I do think that making cocktails will take the finer edges of a whisky and you can always downgrade your whisky for a cocktail

To me this just extravagant behaviour that some rich people (people with more money than brains) like to do to show off just because they can. And to get some attention. I think it will be hard to find anyone here with a choice of the Mortlach neat and this cocktail. Even thou we have excentrics here like Mr. Tattie Heid

Matter of fact I can only think of people involved in a project like this as morons, but thats just my personal opinion

This was probably done more for the provocation, and to cause a stirup, and I can't help blowing a little sigh and shake my head. I must be getting old.

Steffen

PS I'd lip it thou

[Willie JJ]

I think putting malt whisky into a cocktail is a bit of a waste of whisky and this just seems insane. Still, it takes all sorts ...

[Gordon_H]

Agree with Willie , bad use for a good whisky .
Mind you it would be a good use of Arran and Springbank
(thought i'd get in first with this quip)

[Willie JJ]

I was just agreeing with Nick and Steffen. Maybe we should form a lack of appreciation society.

[Gordon_H]

Good Idea Willie , do we get to drink lots in this Society ?

[Livvy]

Yes G...but only ones you have a 'lack of appreciation' for

[Willie JJ]

Yeah, lots of whisky cocktails

[Gordon_H]

Yes G...but only ones you have a 'lack of appreciation' for

That's ok Livvy , thought you were going to make me drink one's i didn't like for a minute......

[Livvy]

I wouldnae dare lol

[The Craw]

I think Mortlach 70 in a cocktail is such a waste. Why not just mix it with half a tin of irn bru for a truly authentic Scotch experience

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Well, let's face it, most of the Mortlach 70 that actually gets drunk will be wasted anyway, going down the gullet of some rich bozo who will exclaim, "Wow, that's really smooooth." (Not to mention the cronies or business associates he's trying to impress.) And just to be fair, it would be wasted if I drank it, too.

[ca_aok]

Definitely.

Also I don't think single malts in a cocktail are inherently a bad thing, but I certainly wouldn't be going too far above the cheapest expression from a given distillery without good reason.

[C57]

Good Idea Willie , do we get to drink lots in this Society ?

Only Springbank and the occasional Arran G.
Being a generous sort of person, I'd take your share of the Springer though - for a small consideration

[Willie JJ]

Well, let's face it, most of the Mortlach 70 that actually gets drunk will be wasted anyway, going down the gullet of some rich bozo who will exclaim, "Wow, that's really smooooth." (Not to mention the cronies or business associates he's trying to impress.) And just to be fair, it would be wasted if I drank it, too.

Still have that problem getting the glass to your lip?

[mongo]

For those that are interested, Simply Whisky & Erik Lorincz of The Savoy Hotel's American Bar have created a cocktail containing the World's oldest whisky, the Mortlach 70 Year Old / 1938.

Full details are here:

http://www.simplywhisky.com/news/dram_g ... der_el.php

peasants. i used mine to flambe bananas. not just any bananas, mind, but the finest amazonian plantains, handpicked by a team of organic golden lion tamarins.

[Rogerdodger]

For those that are interested, Simply Whisky & Erik Lorincz of The Savoy Hotel's American Bar have created a cocktail containing the World's oldest whisky, the Mortlach 70 Year Old / 1938.

Full details are here:

http://www.simplywhisky.com/news/dram_g ... der_el.php

peasants. i used mine to flambe bananas. not just any bananas, mind, but the finest amazonian plantains, handpicked by a team of organic golden lion tamarins.

I could forgive the Mortlach 70 but the bananas are simply pretentious.

[cowfish]

This was probably done more for the provocation, and to cause a stirup, and I can't help blowing a little sigh and shake my head.

I was standing at the bar while they made it (and videoed it, although that disappeared in a puff of SD card dying annoyance) and it's definitely done as a provocation - if you've met the Simply Whisky guys then you'll know how true that is. They wanted to get a big crowd along and sticking a 'cocktail made with the world's oldest whisky' certainly helped pack in a few more bodies.

Making a cocktail with it was vaguely annoying, although it was their sample (teeny tiny as it was) and up to them what they wanted to do with it (they won it, afair). However, they stuck Talisker in the cocktail along with it, meaning that there wasn't much of a chance of tasting the Mortlach anyway, making it a proper waste. Ho hum.

It was a good night though - the promise of whisky cocktails (ignoring the last one) pulled a lot of people who don't normally drink whisky out of the woodwork and while the whisky was free the cocktails weren't, meaning that a chunk of the crowd stayed on the whisky all night. And the cocktails weren't bad either...

In related news, Colin Dunn should be forbidden from using a megaphone in an enclosed space.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Well, let's face it, most of the Mortlach 70 that actually gets drunk will be wasted anyway, going down the gullet of some rich bozo who will exclaim, "Wow, that's really smooooth." (Not to mention the cronies or business associates he's trying to impress.) And just to be fair, it would be wasted if I drank it, too.

Still have that problem getting the glass to your lip?

Well, then I'd be wearing it, not drinking it.

[Yello to Mello]

Well, let's face it, most of the Mortlach 70 that actually gets drunk will be wasted anyway, going down the gullet of some rich bozo who will exclaim, "Wow, that's really smooooth." (Not to mention the cronies or business associates he's trying to impress.) And just to be fair, it would be wasted if I drank it, too.

Maybe its good that people will actually drink this whisky rather then, bought, stored, and sold 10 years later.

[Peat Sampras]

mixing it with Talisker 10

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Well, let's face it, most of the Mortlach 70 that actually gets drunk will be wasted anyway, going down the gullet of some rich bozo who will exclaim, "Wow, that's really smooooth." (Not to mention the cronies or business associates he's trying to impress.) And just to be fair, it would be wasted if I drank it, too.

Maybe its good that people will actually drink this whisky rather then, bought, stored, and sold 10 years later.

Oh, no doubt there will be more of that than of the cocktail-guzzling and indiscriminate dramming. And that's okay, too, as far as I'm concerned...it means there will actually be some of it around in ten years. Just think of it as spreading out the market in time.

[mongo]

For those that are interested, Simply Whisky & Erik Lorincz of The Savoy Hotel's American Bar have created a cocktail containing the World's oldest whisky, the Mortlach 70 Year Old / 1938.

Full details are here:

http://www.simplywhisky.com/news/dram_g ... der_el.php

peasants. i used mine to flambe bananas. not just any bananas, mind, but the finest amazonian plantains, handpicked by a team of organic golden lion tamarins.

I could forgive the Mortlach 70 but the bananas are simply pretentious.

i forgot to add that my pinkies were extended as i typed that post.