Miscellany

New graphic?

You may have noticed that the old The Scotch Blog graphic was reminiscent of a Balvenie label. It had always been my plan to occasionally swap out the graphic with other whisky labels. This weekend was the first chance I actually set aside some time to get around to it.

There's a story that goes along with the new graphic.

A few months ago, I told John Glaser (Compass Box Whisky) that he should name his next whisky "Coelacanth".

"Why?" said John.

"Because" I told him "Most people can't pronounce the name of your whiskies as it is - and this would just fit in."

What did I mean by that?

• Eleuthera (pronounced Eh-loo-thuh-rah)
• Asyla (It's Uh-sy-lah, though I've heard it called Ah-see-la)
• Hedonism The word is pronounced He-donism [with a long 'e'], though I've heard some people pronounce it Head-onism)
• Orangerie (Is it pronounced with a faux french accent as Au-ron-ger-ee or the more straight-forward Orange-er-ie?)

While I don't think John will ever use the name Coelacanth for one of his whiskies, if he does you'll know where the idea came from :). In the meantime, I mocked up what I thought a Coelacanth whisky label by Compass Box might look like. And that's the story.

By the way, a Coelacanth (pronounced "see-lah-canth") is a species of fish believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period — until a live specimen turned up off the east coast of South Africa in 1938. Today they can be found in the Comoros, Sulawesi (Indonesia), Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and the St. Lucia Marine Protected Area in South Africa.
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Getting a free year's worth

A few months back, I told you that the majority of available Bruichladdich 10 year old is actually 12 years old.

Well, it turns out that Macallan 17 year old Fine Oak is actually an 18 year old. Rumor has it that it was believed that having two 18 year olds old on the market might cause some confusion. Calling it a 17 year old apparently alleviates the fear of confusion. I should also note that in Europe, it is marketed as an 18 year old.

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Another Malt Whisky t-shirt siting

Laager and Limehouse, is an online comic book. The characters in the comic book are usually rendered wearing t-shirts gathered from around the Internet.

It was pointed out to me that in one issue Bell, one of the main characters, was "wearing" one of the sold-out "Malt Whisky" t-shirts which I had produced to promote The Scotch Blog. The author of the comic sent me this "photo" of Bell.

Comments

[Jeff Kinzli]

Kevin, speaking of your shirts, do you plan on doing another run? I get more comments when I wear that shirt, but it's getting worn out :)

Oh, and if you do another run, could you make some XXL? :) Thanks.