Bits at the bottom of the bottle

[Exciseman]

I've a bottle with a few dark bits at the bottom. What are they please?

[Pete Smoke]

Probably char dust. There are a few threads, i found this one.

viewtopic.php?f=268&t=4282

[Pudge72]

What bottle is it, Exciseman? I have Booker's Small Batch Bourbon, which is bottled directly from the cask (63.7% abv) and it has dark particles as well, which I have assumed are bits of barrel char. Thanks for the link, Pete!

I'll see if it affects the taste near the bottom of the bottle, but otherwise I find it kinda cool as the char bits give the bottle an 'old time' / more authentic (for lack of a better term) feel to it.

[orange_barnet]

When you say "at the bottom" I'm puzzled - whenever I've come across 'bits' in a bottle they're usually visible from the start, suspended in the whisky, although maybe gravitating towards the lower part of the bottle. Interestingly I've found that Laddie X4+1 Deliverance is especially prone to this manifestation - every bottle I've had (and have) is characterised by such 'bits', which my assumption (and confirmation from Bruichladdich) has been that they are barrel char.

Perhaps it's a disintegrated message....!

[orange_barnet]

Perhaps it's a disintegrated message....!

I think this may have been recorded at Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go!:

http://youtu.be/6n6zO_FnnIw

[Exciseman]

It is an old single cask (full-strength) Signatory bottling that I got yesterday from Chester Whisky Shop. I'm not concerned, more just intrigued. I too think that it is a little cool. Sort of does authenticate it.

[Mark C]

Luckies!

[ColSanders]

Thems be scooby snacks...

Wait... wrong kind of potentially mind altering substance

[Peat Sampras]

Thems be scooby snacks...

Wait... wrong kind of potentially mind altering substance

Would you mind to elaborate on the subject? I only know this song by the Fun Lovin Criminals but always wondered what it was about?

http://youtu.be/PHDYfoRYcqQ

[Mariner]

Thems be scooby snacks...

Wait... wrong kind of potentially mind altering substance

Would you mind to elaborate on the subject? I only know this song by the Fun Lovin Criminals but always wondered what it was about?

http://youtu.be/PHDYfoRYcqQ

Wiki:

Scooby Snacks (Scooby Snax) are a fictional food item. They are used as a form of incentive payment for the cartoon characters Scooby-Doo and Shaggy from the Hanna-Barbera series Scooby-Doo and its various spin-offs.

[Pete Smoke]

Are you serious Mariner? In this case they're referring to valium or vicodin when these are used recreationally. Iirc it's also used in reference to hash 'flavoured' foods.

[van-Baren]

I remember a X4 also having quite a lot of white-greyish flakes. Is that also char, or is it something else?

[Pete Smoke]

I remember a X4 also having quite a lot of white-greyish flakes. Is that also char, or is it something else?

Sounds like calcium oxalate crystals. You may find this thread helpful.

viewtopic.php?f=268&t=4445

[van-Baren]

Thanks a lot for that hugely interesting post! It gave some really nice leads for stuff to google.

[van-Baren]

The flakes were very similar to the ones in MacDeffe's movie, also some larger bits, but not as huge as the nugget at the bottom of his bottle.

[Mariner]

Are you serious Mariner? In this case they're referring to valium or vicodin when these are used recreationally. Iirc it's also used in reference to hash 'flavoured' foods.

I just thought it all started with scooby doo
So are you implying that they already used the term "scooby snack" before the series? (major spin-off tho :p )

And I didn't realise that it was used for valium etc. Must be the language barrier also

[Pete Smoke]

I just thought it all started with scooby doo

You are correct in that regard. However, in the context of the above exchange and Peat's question, they are referring to valium etc..

[Peat Sampras]

Thanks for clarifying this.