They're a number of noted Irish and Scottish whiskies-Why no famous English whiskies?

Brains beer sounds a bit frightening. Can you recommend any of those products?

Recommend? Jesus no !

Welsh vodka? Hahaha, I’d have to be very, very in need of a drink !
Though dragged this up from the 'net…

http://www.famouswelsh.com/

The Welsh Whisky Company (Y Cwmni Wisgi Cymreig- if I tell you that “Cymreig” is “Welsh” I’m sure you can work the rest out yourself :slight_smile: ) does produce a limited amount of spirits. Although I’m Welsh I find that Scottish Whisky can’t be bettered.
I think that Taffski Vodka is a bit of a piss-take actually.

Here’s a bit about Welsh Vodka.

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Nope.

http://www.jackdaniels.com/youknow.asp

Maybe because the Irish and the Scots needed a drink after dealing with the English?

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Kidding! Just kidding!

-Guin, part Irish Catholic on me da’s side!

I’ll raise you an Edradour.

Haha, **Guinastaisa]/b] :slight_smile:

Can I jsut add to Ponster’s list - Felinfoel?l

Here is a snippet that amused me, but it does indicate that Wales was trying to make whisky a while ago.

from: Welsh Whiskeys

I’ll drink your Edradour (if I can ever find it) and see you a Spring Bank. :slight_smile:

Brains is Samuel Brain’s Brewery, not an ingredient. The standard bitter is no better than OK, the stronger “Brains SA” I would actually recommend although not a session beer. Nicknamed “Skull Attack” for the effect a few two many pints had the next morning!

A strong recomendation would be Celyn’s suggestion of Felinfoel, a strong dark beer if you are ever in South Wales. Welsh for Double Dragon I think I heard somewhere…any welsh speakers can confirm?

Anyway, turning back to whiskey, surely the peat is something to do with the water as whenever I turn the taps on the water always clearly has peat in it. It’s brown for god’s sake! Does this not account for the distinctive taste of Islay malts?

Yeah J String I’m more on the side that says that JD didn’t infact come from Wales and was born in the USA but thousands of American tourists visit Wales each year in search of the great mans birth place.
I’m told by Welsh friends here beside me that everyone knows that Jack Daniels was born in Ceredigion and anyone who thinks elsewise is a poo-pooer.

Nitpick: then they ought to know that he was called Jack Daniel - hence “Jack Daniel’s”, not “Jack Daniels’” :slight_smile:

We did make a whisky in England - it was called Glen Hoddle.

Sure the name is, but the product is perfectly logical…and it seems bizarre to me that Ireland, the home of the versatile potato, has never produced the stuff in large quantities (Boru Vodka is the exception that springs to mind)…

I think the Irish were otherwise engaged

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An e-mail from the JD website…

We are delighted to have you visit our Jack Daniel’s Web site, and for taking the time to write.

We are aware of the story about Jack Daniel being from Wales, but I assure you it is not true. Not that there is anything wrong about being from Wales, but he was born right here in Tennessee. His family did come from England, but they settled in North Carolina before moving to Tennessee where Jack was born in 1850.

In the past we have heard from people in Europe and the UK that had heard the same story. Someone said they heard he was from Scotland. Someone even said they heard the story while touring a
distillery in Scotland. And there was an article in a newspaper in some country about the same story.

Thank you again for writing, and we do appreciate your interest in Jack Daniel’s. We hope you have a safe and happy holiday season, and you are welcome to visit our distillery anytime your travels take you to this part of the world. We’d be honored to show you just how we make our Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey.

Kind regards,
Jone and friends at Jack Daniel’s

They do, IIRC, use a double dragon as a motif/logo/whatever it is, but it is not what the name means.

No idea now about the “foel” part, but “felin” is a “mill”. “Dragon” would be “ddraig”, so, nope, the name is a “something-or-other” mill (although I have heard people cheat by referring to it as “feeling foul”. :frowning:

You know, if I were a nice person, I’d volunteer to do a quick trip to Wales for some field research…