One quiz at a time

Post by **DRT** » 17:35 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Motion passed with zero objections.

I guess 54 (Aberlour) is the distillery.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:45 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Aberlour is not the distillery.

Post by **DRT** » 18:02 Thu 17 Oct 2013

To assist those not familiar with Whisky distilleries or the SMWS:

It is one of these and the SMWS numbers can be found here.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:51 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Yes. It is.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:55 Thu 17 Oct 2013

I think this quiz is now as easy as it could possibly be and I will not be offering any further clues for a while.

I bought this bottle on the same day that I enjoyed a Dow 63 that had been bottled in the Vaults in Edinburgh, now occupied by the Whisky Society. On that day, Andy Murray won Wimbledon.

The Whisky Society's bottlings are offered on a monthly basis.

Post by **PhilW** » 20:44 Thu 17 Oct 2013

76.88

Post by **DRT** » 21:32 Thu 17 Oct 2013

24 (The Macallan)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:49 Thu 17 Oct 2013

PhilW wrote:76.88

Very nice stuff. No.

DRT wrote:24 (The Macallan)

Nope.
Despite saying that I wouldn't be giving further clues, I appear to have given a good clue, above, quite inadvertently.

Post by **DRT** » 22:10 Thu 17 Oct 2013

76.93

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:11 Thu 17 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:76.93

Thought you might sneak past me when it's not your turn? Oh no.

Post by **DRT** » 22:13 Thu 17 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:76.93
Thought you might sneak past me when it's not your turn? Oh no.

Can't remember the password for my alter-ego so I will have to wait.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:23 Thu 17 Oct 2013

I thought he had been deleted!
Everyone must be busy doing proper things tonight.... Perhaps Owen is out carousing in Bath or Wells.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:50 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Ah yes..

(Patrick Grubb selections madeira list arrived today and has held me spellbound)

I am also a little unsure about being given a reading list prior to participating, I hope I don't have to produce evidence that I have imbibed the course material.

44.66, to set the wheels in motion.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:02 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Think of it less as a reading list and more as a key.

You are closer in one way; but further away, too.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:18 Thu 17 Oct 2013

And the gnomic responses. In what sense are my thoughts illumined by this information?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:21 Thu 17 Oct 2013

LGTrotter wrote:And the gnomic responses. In what sense are my thoughts illumined by this information?

Look within yourself, grasshopper. There find the answers.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:22 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Or I could just say "yes you are closer numerically but further away geographically", which is, well, so prosaic. Which would you prefer?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:25 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Oh I'm going to bed. The standard of guess is well below par tonight. I have provided an adventure of a question, a veritable jigsaw puzzle, with clues all slotting together to lead you to the answer, if you could but see.

But you have thrown away the lid of the box and forgotten what the picture was. And my jigsaw remains unfinished.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:49 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Keep them gnomic.

I knew someone who threw away the box of his jigsaw and did it underside up. Now that is hardcore jigsaw.

Sleep innocently.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:13 Fri 18 Oct 2013

77.12

I can't be bothered to read the linked material.

Post by **DRT** » 07:14 Fri 18 Oct 2013

Is it a jigsaw of a pile of baked beans?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 07:17 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:77.12

I can't be bothered to read the linked material.

Also a good method. No.

DRT wrote:Is it a jigsaw of a pile of baked beans?

Now now. It was your Talisker that made me think of this!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:25 Fri 18 Oct 2013

78.21

Post by **DRT** » 07:45 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I'm lost. Can you please provide a summary of the clues?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:17 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:I'm lost. Can you please provide a summary of the clues?

djewesbury wrote:I think this quiz is now as easy as it could possibly be and I will not be offering any further clues for a while.

I bought this bottle on the same day that I enjoyed a Dow 63 that had been bottled in the Vaults in Edinburgh, now occupied by the Whisky Society. On that day, Andy Murray won Wimbledon.

The Whisky Society's bottlings are offered on a monthly basis.

I had already also said that it was a Speyside. In fact it is a Speyside Spey (further clue).

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:31 Fri 18 Oct 2013

79.12

Or am I too late? Was DRT correct when he guessed that he was lost?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 13:43 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:79.12

No.

AHB wrote:Or am I too late? Was DRT correct when he guessed that he was lost?

Yes.

This is fun.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:53 Fri 18 Oct 2013

80 or 88. (Next guesser to guess one of them, at which time I become deemed to have guessed the other.)

JWEW · Post by **JWEW** » 14:04 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I'll guess 80, jdaw1 can have 88 for a guess.

Post by **DRT** » 14:37 Fri 18 Oct 2013

What is a Speyside Spey? Google doesn't seem to know.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:12 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:What is a Speyside Spey? Google doesn't seem to know.

It appears to be a subdivision of Speyside, according to the SMWS (see box below map). I'm guessing it would be a distilery that is right next to the Spey itself.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:12 Fri 18 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:80 or 88. (Next guesser to guess one of them, at which time I become deemed to have guessed the other.)

JWEW wrote:I'll guess 80, jdaw1 can have 88 for a guess.

No and No.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:17 Fri 18 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:80 or 88. (Next guesser to guess one of them, at which time I become deemed to have guessed the other.)
JWEW wrote:I'll guess 80, jdaw1 can have 88 for a guess.
No and No.

I can tell you that both guesses are similarly cold.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 15:38 Fri 18 Oct 2013

75.xx

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:41 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:75.xx

The first two digits are wrong.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 16:06 Fri 18 Oct 2013

Come on someone, I've got more guesses I want to make.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:22 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:Come on someone, I've got more guesses I want to make.

That's the spirit (geddit!!

)

Post by **DRT** » 16:52 Fri 18 Oct 2013

27.31

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:01 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:27.31

Hmm...

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:What is a Speyside Spey? Google doesn't seem to know.
It appears to be a subdivision of Speyside, according to the SMWS (see box below map). I'm guessing it would be a distilery that is right next to the Spey itself.

Springbank Distillery
(That's a way of saying, "No, Derek, not that one.")

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:27 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:Come on someone, I've got more guesses I want to make.

*whistles...*

Post by **DRT** » 17:27 Fri 18 Oct 2013

28.??

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:28 Fri 18 Oct 2013

NOT YOUR TURN!!!

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 17:46 Fri 18 Oct 2013

28.??

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 17:46 Fri 18 Oct 2013

36.64

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 17:53 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I am somewhat hampered in my guesses by the numeral five packing up on my laptop and me being too idle/mean to resolve this. I could just write it out I suppose or hope it forms no part of the answer.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:57 Fri 18 Oct 2013

Glenn E. wrote:28.??

Nicely done Glenn.. No!

LGTrotter wrote:36.64

No.

LGTrotter wrote:I am somewhat hampered in my guesses by the numeral five packing up on my laptop and me being too idle/mean to resolve this. I could just write it out I suppose or hope it forms no part of the answer.

CLUE ALERT: 5 is not in the answer.

Post by **DRT** » 18:32 Fri 18 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I am somewhat hampered in my guesses by the numeral five packing up on my laptop and me being too idle/mean to resolve this. I could just write it out I suppose or hope it forms no part of the answer.
CLUE ALERT: 5 is not in the answer.

I can't use the numeral 9 on my laptop. Is 9 in the answer?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:36 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I am somewhat hampered in my guesses by the numeral five packing up on my laptop and me being too idle/mean to resolve this. I could just write it out I suppose or hope it forms no part of the answer.
CLUE ALERT: 5 is not in the answer.
I can't use the numeral 9 on my laptop. Is 9 in the answer?

... fish swims away from bait... lives to clue another day..

Post by **DRT** » 18:38 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I think I have worked out that this is the whisky that was released on the first Friday of the month in which Daniel visited the SMWS in Edinburgh. But the option to list the First Friday whiskies doesn't seem to work so I have no way of finding out what it was. Does it work for anyone else?

Post by **DRT** » 18:45 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I think it is the July 2013 First Friday Whisky, perhaps June.