One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:45 Wed 16 Oct 2013

jdaw1 wrote:1.2?

Not 1.2. But it has something in common with 1.2.

Post by **DRT** » 23:47 Wed 16 Oct 2013

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:49 Wed 16 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:1.3?

It has the same thing in common with 1.3 that it has with 1.2, and it is not the first number.

Post by **DRT** » 23:50 Wed 16 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:1.3?
It has the same thing in common with 1.3 that it has with 1.2, and it is not the first number.

So we have nailed the "."? Excellent.

1.4?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:53 Wed 16 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:1.3?
It has the same thing in common with 1.3 that it has with 1.2, and it is not the first number.
So we have nailed the "."? Excellent.

1.4?

Not 1.4. And it's not your turn.

Post by **DRT** » 23:54 Wed 16 Oct 2013

1.5? {rules suspended as this could take years}

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:58 Wed 16 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:1.5? {rules suspended as this could take years}

No further guesses tonight! I give these clues:
1. It is a Speyside Spey.
2. It is no longer available.
3. It was released this year.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:58 Wed 16 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:1.5? {rules suspended as this could take years}
No further guesses tonight! I give these clues:
1. It is a Speyside Spey.
2. It is no longer available.
3. It was released this year.

4. It is delicious.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:58 Wed 16 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:1.5? {rules suspended as this could take years}
No further guesses tonight! I give these clues:
1. It is a Speyside Spey.
2. It is no longer available.
3. It was released this year.
4. It is delicious.

5. I think I'll have another.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:59 Wed 16 Oct 2013

It's just you, me and the Bots now Derek. And they never guess.

Post by **DRT** » 00:04 Thu 17 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:5. I think I'll have another.

Best suggestion of the night.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:05 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Quick sub-quiz:
How many bottles / cases of GST 2011 was I allocated by the Wine Society?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 11:23 Thu 17 Oct 2013

two or none. And more to the point how much other stuff did you buy from the offer?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:26 Thu 17 Oct 2013

None.

I bought nothing else from it because I bought a lot 2011s when they were released. I suppose as the months go on I will accumulate others though, as if by magic...

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:22 Thu 17 Oct 2013

4.2345

djewesbury wrote:Quick sub-quiz:
How many bottles / cases of GST 2011 was I allocated by the Wine Society?

Did you get all 6? I decided I couldn't be bothered to try to buy any of the WIne Society's bottles - perhaps I should have done. But at least my not buying any means they have gone to a good home.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 13:37 Thu 17 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:None.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 14:23 Thu 17 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
djewesbury wrote:None.

Quoting yourself must surely be poor etiquette? Perhaps like referring to yourself in the third person?

But the substance of my reply is that I think it is a shame you didn't get any. I had hoped those bottles would find there way to the home of someone on this forum.

And what about marking my answer to your quiz?

AHB wrote:4.2345

Post by **PhilW** » 16:22 Thu 17 Oct 2013

78 (a multiple of both 1.2 and 1.3, in case the common factor was not the .)

Post by **DRT** » 16:28 Thu 17 Oct 2013

65.2803

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:30 Thu 17 Oct 2013

No correct answers although I like both methodologies. Yes, Alex.. It sounds like we have scant GST between us.
If quoting yourself is bad etiquette then JDAW is in trouble...

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 17:07 Thu 17 Oct 2013

65.2804

Post by **DRT** » 17:12 Thu 17 Oct 2013

23.658

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:13 Thu 17 Oct 2013

If quoting yourself is not bad etiquette then JDAW is still in trouble...

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 17:19 Thu 17 Oct 2013

A clue. The first number represents an individual distillery. The numbers after the '.' are the cask number - so 14.23 is a bottling from the 23rd cask purchased from distillery number 14. Numbers such as 65.2804 are therefore improbable. Think double or occasionally triple digits, post-point.

There is a website where a resourceful young man has compiled a partial list of the distillery numbers used by the SMWS. One could use this list to identify Speyside distilleries.

Post by **DRT** » 17:31 Thu 17 Oct 2013

Perhaps the quiz could be split into two parts. First we guess which distillery and then we guess the cask number. Would that be allowed within the rules?

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).