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10 year old is best.
I had a bottle of 16 yr old.
Didn't like it at all.
Managed to drink it though
Didn't you have any degreasing jobs to do...?10 year old is best.
I had a bottle of 16 yr old.
Didn't like it at all.
Managed to drink it though
Wasn't THAT bad.
Cat didn't like it either.
When we went to the distillery we bought a couple of bottles of both.. Enjoyed both no end !10 year old is best.
I had a bottle of 16 yr old.
Didn't like it at all.
Managed to drink it though
Getting some more of their booze would be one of the reasons to tour Ireland again
Then there's Paddy!When we went to the distillery we bought a couple of bottles of both.. Enjoyed both no end !
Getting some more of their booze would be one of the reasons to tour Ireland again
It was originally called Paddy O'Flaherty's.
He was a salesman and brought out samples of new whiskeys to the various pubs for testing. This particular sample, apparently, was on demand and pubs would call up looking for Paddy O'Flaherty's whiskey.
So they put it on the label, eventually shortened it to Paddy!!
Nope !
Not even in the NATO phonetic alphabet which is what, I believe, you allured to ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet
The correct spelling is ‘whisky’. However, in the phonetic alphabet, it’s spelt with an ‘e’ at the end because that’s the American spelling and they dominate NATO.
I always thought that only whisky made in Scotland could be called whisky.
Whiskey made elsewhere is called whiskey.
It's foul muck, where ever it's from.
Whiskey made elsewhere is called whiskey.
It's foul muck, where ever it's from.
Mate, I pay about a fiver a bottle for the stuff .. I do not care HOW it is spelt or where it is from as long as it is wet, brown and makes me fall down after several glugs
Bushmills Distillery had the first ever licence to distill in Britain. Issued in 1608 if I remember correctly. As they were the first and spelled it "whiskey" then anything else is a poor imitation however they choose to spell it. Fact. The reason it tastes better is because of the beautiful water and grain it is made from AND the final polish with a pot still after the reflux still has finished. Listen and learn you ignoramuses.
As they were the first and spelled it "whiskey" then anything else is a poor imitation however they choose to spell it. Fact. The reason it tastes better is because of the beautiful water and grain it is made from AND the final polish with a pot still after the reflux still has finished. Listen and learn you ignoramuses.
As Pow-Lo mentioned, the spelling was changed to suit the Yanks. In the early days of the Phonetic Alphabet and during WW2 it was "whisky". As with most things, the world must revolve around America.
Not according to my 1937 'Amateur Radio Handbook'As Pow-Lo mentioned, the spelling was changed to suit the Yanks. In the early days of the Phonetic Alphabet and during WW2 it was "whisky". As with most things, the world must revolve around America.
But I suppose it could have changed in WW1 ?
I always thought that whisky came from Scotland and whiskey from Ireland
The military phonetic alphabet for "W" in 1937 was "William", as used previously by the Royal Navy and then widely adopted by the rest of the Forces. During WW2 the Yanks copied it, with one or two variations.
After WW2 (late '40s) civil aviation came up with a standardised set of alphabet words, which was then adopted by NATO in the '50s. Due to some of the words being uniquely English, there was some faffing around trying to come up with an alternative set of alphabet words which would be acceptable in as many languages as possible. Ultimately International Aviation and NATO adopted English as their language of choice (Yanks again....after all English is their language
) and the current alphabet is what was decided upon. Round about then the change from Whisky to Whiskey was made....and once again it was because our American cousins use the word Whiskey.I can't speak for Ham radio, but I would guess that it largely follows aviation rules.
The RN originally used “willie” not “william”
