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miki

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    Outdoors, Chainsaws, landrover, Bikes and Bangs

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  1. miki

    Butt pads

    Without the adustable plate that screws onto the butt of the stock, surely these are no more use than a chocolate teapot ?
  2. They were a team of contractors working on/repairing the road surface.
  3. Have you seen the form ? There is no need for an examination, go to Medcert or if you are a member, ask BASC.
  4. miki

    Whisky

    Fortunately, once in the bottle it doesn't go bad ....
  5. miki

    Whisky

    Yes, I wouldn't buy a bottle that was that expensive but if someone gave it to me i'd open it and have a taste. In my experience a lot of the old and rare whiskies aren't that good, similar to the majority of 6 to 8 year olds, they are sharp and loose flavour quickly. Rare (there isn't much of it left) and old (it's been maturing in a barrel for 45 years) are two different things. If you ever get to Glenfarclas the 10 is good, the 12 a bit better, the 15 better still, more flavour and longer tasting, the 25 is excellent (IMO) as it reaches its peak, the 30 isn't a lot better, certainly (again IMO) not worth £750 (£550 more than the 25). In Aberlour there is a pub called the Mash Tun. They have Glenfarclas whiskies going back to before the 2nd World War, pick your birth year and have a dram. The 1957 was around £1000 a nip if I recall.
  6. miki

    Whisky

    Whisky is for drinking
  7. miki

    Whisky

    You just haven't found the right one yet... Have you tried a Dailuaine, Blair Athol or Benrinnes ? Perhaps a heavily charred barrel offering like the GlenScotia Victoriana or the Royal Lochnagar ? Maybe a smokey and peated Longrow from Springbank or the Ledaig 18 from Tobermory.? 3 distinct groups there with smilarities but so so different. None of those taste like rusty water, they are all single Malt Whiskies. The sharp metalic flavours come from the grain spirit used in Blended Scotch and i'd agree that most of those taste nothing like a real, aged Whisky.
  8. A good idea (IMHO) - fill in the survey here ... https://www.homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/M2F0UW/
  9. miki

    Whisky

    Don't confuse Blended Scotch Whisky with a Single Malt. Blended is typically less than 20% Malt Whisky (of 3 years or more old) with the rest being Grain Spirit (as used to make Gin and Vodka etc) which was made a few days before it was bottled.
  10. Correct. BASC were 'trailing' courses last year regarding fit and competent standards and setting out their stall that they were the only 'nationwide' organisation that could manage that task.
  11. A weak and watery rusty water too, Whisky on the other hand is succulent, or sweet, or sharp or peaty, occasionally mouth watering but never like rusty water.
  12. Welcome Daddy Frazzle. I'm in Lanark. There is a good shop with plenty of advice in Edinburgh run by Ed Brewsher. http://new.ersg.com/
  13. If there is rust, then the blue has already been damaged. The blue is an impervious layer between the iron in the steel and the oxygen and water in the atmosphere. A light rubbing with a fine wire wool and then a wipe over with a propriatory 'rust remover'. This will change any rust (iron oxide) into a dark iron tannate which will need to be sealed to stop iron oxide coming back. To achieve that use a cold/gun blue treatment.
  14. My guess is they were novices, possibly first time shooters, she hit the target with her first shot after both of them missing everything before and she dropped the gun out of her shoulder and turned round to face her mate in a state of high excitement .... boom. I hope the girl recovers from her injuries and the girl who (accidentaly) shot her recovers too.
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