I took Canadian Club to task for the "Your Dad Drank It" ads as being stupid and misogynistic.
I recently came across this commercial (Australian?) for Jim Beam Bourbon.
How'd I miss this the first go around?
From the same parent company. This one is, by comparison, fun.
Update: Another one in the series...(Thanks Michael)
I'm all Mac, all the time - which is apparently a problem, as it seems SingleMalt.tv isn't a fan of the Mac.
Any other Mac owners out there having problems with Singlemalt.tv?
Between the audio-visual sync issues and the dropped audio...I can't watch any episodes enjoyably.
It isn't my Internet connection as that is a fast broadband connection. Is it better on a PC?
UPDATE: I got a chance to view Singlemalt.tv on a PC. Looks great and no issues (aside from the program bumpers being quite a bit louder than the programs- easily fixed). But wait, did I just see the Speyside Cooperage spelled "Cooperidge"???
On September 29th, an interesting new site will kick off - that's the day that SingleMalt.tv launches.
Not really "television", it's an online channel - which is, in my estimation, the next logical step for the integration of infotainment and edumedia.
From the press release:
SINGLEMALT.tv is an Internet Protocol Television channel (IPTV) hosted by Narrowstep (UK), one of the world’s leading IPTV service providers. An IPTV channel brings video programming directly to the desktop or laptop via the Internet. Viewers who visit www.singlemalt.tv have access to programming 24 hours a day with scheduled events and video on demand including news, features and ongoing series, all drawn from the world of Scotch.
Today we bring you part 2 of On the Road with The Malt Project by guest writer Jack Oswald.
At the end of the story there is another chance for one lucky reader to win an "I'm a Peat Freak! Are You?" t-shirt from The Malt Project.
Click here to read part 1.
On the Road with The Malt Project Part 2 – by Jack Oswald
So, it’s about this time that you ask “why are they doing this?”. We’ve asked ourselves that a number of times. The real answer is a labor of love. I lived in Scotland for nearly four years, while I was an Air Force Officer. Our two oldest kids were born there. (I guess that’s why Jeff is a malt freak). We’ve gone back to visit several times and usually wound up at a distillery. My production associates are all great single malt fans and we just felt it was something we wanted to share with our viewers. As we say on our web site “This is a Whisky DVD series designed for all, from the novice to the serious connoisseur. It’s valuable as an entertaining visit to Scotland and as an educational reference companion when you’re sharing your malts”.
At this point, you’re supposed to be asking, “What can we expect in Volume Six?” Glad you asked. It’ll be another two disc volume probably titled The Islands, the Shores, and Campbeltown and off the beaten path Speysides”.
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I had been planning for some time to write a story about The Malt Project. If you are not familiar with The Malt Project it is a five (and soon to be six) volume DVD series all about Single Malt Scotch.
When I started corresponding with Jack Oswald, I found out that he was in the midst of completing production on the latest volume in the series.
I thought it would be great if Jack could tell us, in his own words, about The Malt Project and how it got started. Jack was happy to oblige, and here is the result...
At the end of each segment of this 2-parter there is a chance for one lucky reader to win an "I'm a Peat Freak! Are You?" t-shirt from The Malt Project.
On the Road with The Malt Project Part 1– by Jack Oswald
Seventeen days, seventeen hundred miles, 8 car ferry trips and 22 distilleries later, we arrived back in Phoenix with 16 hours of new high quality digital video for The Malt Project.
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