The coming shortage on Scotch Whisky

[Joshua]

I got some Belhaven Scottish Ale recently -- good but doesn't ring my chimes. Looking for a creamy smooth full bodied brew

Belhaven Scottish Stout if you can find it. It's my favorite non-Imperial stout. For Imperial stouts, Old Rasputin is another favorite, from North Coast Brewery. Samuel Smith's Imperial Russian Stout is good but I don't care for the hop they use, it's kinda "tinny".

[English Bloke]

... Looking for a creamy smooth full bodied brew

[beerbecue]

There is also a "Clear Creek Distillery" in Portland, Oregon making single-malt scotch. For details see ...

http://clearcreekdistillery.com/whiskey.html

yes, but they use Scottish malt.... so no help

[beerbecue]

Well, look on the bright side. Moonshine is easy to make. Add a few drops of carbolic acid, age it for a couple of weeks in oak chips, and you have a "peat monster". I think you can make up to 150 quarts, or something like that, for personal consumption only, of course. That would last a few weeks.

I am not aware of any change in the illegality of home distillation in the US.

[Tobus]

Big *** to that! I love Belhaven Scottish Ale, but when I want something a little milder yet richer and creamier, I reach for a Guinness. Those are the two I always keep in my fridge. I find myself experimenting with others, but I invariably come back to Guinness.

[auld argonian]

Big *** to that! I love Belhaven Scottish Ale, but when I want something a little milder yet richer and creamier, I reach for a Guinness. Those are the two I always keep in my fridge. I find myself experimenting with others, but I invariably come back to Guinness.

Hey...where are you finding Bellhaven Scottish Ale for home consumption? I was under the impression that it was only available on tap...one of the nice things about The Duke Of Perth: BSA on tap.

I'd also like to rant about the three schmucks who have, in the past month, given me an unsolicited lecture on how "little" alcohol Guinness has in it. So OBVIOUSLY they're drinking something with a higher alcohol percentage so they MUST be cooler. Like I've always said, I'm a long-distance drinker not a sprinter.

Best

AA

[mookien]

Hey...where are you finding Bellhaven Scottish Ale for home consumption? I was under the impression that it was only available on tap...one of the nice things about The Duke Of Perth: BSA on tap.

In New Mexico Bellhaven is available in tall cans (14.9 oz) and 12 oz. bottles. I've never seen it on tap, but it may be and I just don't know. It is very expensive though - about $3 a bottle, so I drink it sparingly.

I can get a case of PBR, when it is on sale, for $11 and save my money for ammunition for my M1.

[Tobus]

Yeah, Belhaven is in all the grocery stores around here, either in cans (yuck) or small/large bottles. Even the liquor store in my tiny po-dunk town has it. Haven't seen their stout around, though.

[O'Searcaigh]

The standard by which to judge others for sure! Has anyone tried "Old Engine Oil"? I could've, should've bought a bottle of that too when I got the Belhaven. Back to the original theme -- nice article on Scotch here:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/di...the-times.html

[Detroitpete]

Eight years of combat service and I never cried--but then I read this article. Some things are too much for a man to take!

Breathe--at least I'm a home brewer with a Belgian Dubbel and a Cream Stout (both btw 7-9% ABV) newly bottled.