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FEBRUARY 10
Fein ts an d Fores h o ts
DECEMBER 2008 FESTIVE SEASON EDITION
WHERE CAN I GO FOR A GREAT DRAM? !
Spotlight
on 2010
Single
Malts
in...
MWSoA
welcomes
a new
Committee.
Melbourne
WELCOME
TO
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Feints and Foreshots #30
THE PHOTO EDITION
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more - inside this edition:
MWSOA 2009 - IN
PHOTOS
MUSINGS
FROM
THEin SA
MWSoA
events
from 2009
CHAIR
P.
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10
and Victoria: remembered in
The ever insightful thoughts of
Photos P. 3 - 8
our Chairman Mr Craig Daniels
CELEBRATE THE
BOOK REVIEW
GRAIN:MWSOA
Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2010
CONVENTION 2009 P. 11
reviewed
and available
now. P. 2
More updates
and information
about what the convention has in
MWSOA
2010 - MEET
store
THE COMMITTEE
The 2010 MWSoA committee
DISTILLERY SPECIAL:
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DRAMS AND DRIVES IN
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in the
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Feints and Foreshots contributor
MUSINGS
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Andrew Derbidge
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Chairman Craig Daniels. Always
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read. P. 10
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Great Southern Distilling
Company gives us more insight
into the tricky process of
distilling your own malt.
TASTING NOTES WITH
FRANZ SCHEURER P. 3
Australian Gourmet Pages’ Franz
Scheurer walks us through some
great tasting malts
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Malcolm O’Farrell
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Peter Johnston
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visits is the Gertrude Street Enoteca.
the feel of somewhere much older. An
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Art Deco styled bar tucked away in a
sure to get rarities by the glass there, and
warehouse style area of Meyers Place, it’s
At our Planning day in early March
the committee is going
a number of non standard editions:
a great late night bar for a cocktail or
to determine the strategic direction of the Society for the
Laphoraig Quarter Cask, Ardbeg
high quality dram. Stocking the
next 12-18 months. If you have
any ideas about what the
Almost There, Lagavulin Distillers
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Book Review
Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2010 by Craig Daniels
Spotlight on Single Malts in...
Melbourne
A new edition of the Whisky Bible always creates a buzz and I was hunting for a theme for this review and
I’m gratified that there’s a worthy admonition early on in Jim Murray’s latest tome:
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cask
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the bottling
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Craig
Daniels
strength and the dates of distillation
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our second
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the
top
ten
on
all
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and
in
the
top
three
on
three
occasions,
winning
twice,
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can’t
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a
number
of
non
standard
editions:
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great
late
night
bar
for
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or
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and
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an atmosphere
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upstairs. Both have a huge
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if your
your
Melbourne
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editions:
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Limeburners M24 from Ian Schmidt
Laphoraig
high
Laphoraig Quarter
Quarter Cask,
Cask, Ardbeg
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high quality
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of
of The
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by the
the glass
glass amongst
amongst other
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range of
of wines
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and blends.
blends.
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by
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highest
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great tasting malts
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