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Dear Rubrick: I'll bet MaxQ would appreciate your giving clues how to pronounce his toast.
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Well, since I've been asked......... Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deoSlawn-tcha quig nah fer, ah-gus guh mehr-fig nah mnaw guh joeWav file later (maybe) 
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And a question from La-La Land:
What exactly is a triple-blended whiskey? Triple-blended with what? Or does it mean blended three times?
All in the spirit of Gaelicquors,
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What exactly is a triple-blended whiskey? Triple-blended with what? Or does it mean blended three times?
The latter. For the uninitiated:
Whisky is the Scotch variety which comes from Scotland where all else is Scottish. Scotch is either single-malt or double-malt and is double-blended which means it has a rougher edge to the taste.
Whiskey is the Irish variety and is always triple-blended. Whiskeys tend to have a lighter hue than the Scotch variety and a smoother taste as a result.
The word whiskey comes from the Gaelic uisce beatha which translates as 'water of fire'.
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Dear Rubrick,
I am still curious about the "blending" thing, because you didn't really answer WW's question in your post. (Blended with what? Blended, as in something else mixed in - or just Blended, as in stirred?)
In case anyone cares, in Canada, whiskey/whisky (I am not sure of the correct spelling here) means rye whiskey. AKA rye. If not drunk straight, then often in a "rye and coke".
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Dear Rubrick,
Thanks very much for the information on triple-blended. You wrote:
The word whiskey comes from the Gaelic uisce beatha which translates as 'water of fire'.
...and I must ask, as others have, would you please give us the pronunciation of iusce beatha?
So, water of fire...and then the native Americans called it (probably rum?) firewater.
Bourbon regards,
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I am still curious about the "blending" thing, because you didn't really answer WW's question in your post. (Blended with what? Blended, as in something else mixed in - or just Blended, as in stirred?)
Apologies. I thought that I did when I said 'the latter'. It means that it is triple-stirred and filtered. Nothing is ever added to whiskey to give it it's flavour. That is, nothing is added after the distillation process.
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...and I must ask, as others have, would you please give us the pronunciation of uisce beatha?Sure. Uisce Beatha - Ish-keh Bah-hahNow I notice it - does anyone agree that Gaelicquor sounds a bit homo-erotic?? 
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one of the finest triple-blended whiskeys about
Why bother? The finest whisky available, from the land of my grandmother, the Isle of Islay, is pure from all contaminants. Nothing but Laphroaig.
Well, there's some peat smoke in there but I'd hardly call that a contaminant.
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