One quiz at a time

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.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:46 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote: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?

You are correct. It was released in their July 13 outturn (Wimbledon final was 7 July). I can give you a further clue; it's no longer available. Which means, when I finish this bottle (which I'm likely to do before you guess what it is) I can't get any more.

I think that given all the clues I've given you should get there this month though.

Post by **DRT** » 18:47 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I can find nowhere on the internet that tells me what that is.

I fold.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 18:52 Fri 18 Oct 2013

12.23

Derek, please guess a random number so I can have another go.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:55 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:I can find nowhere on the internet that tells me what that is.

I fold.

But you have the list of Speyside distilleries, and a map will tell you which ones are nearer the river Spey, and Julian's list tells you the numbers, and you have obviously been striking the incorrect guesses off the list... You're so close. You can't fold now.

Or can you....?

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

AHB wrote:12.23

That's more like it, you're not a quitter. (No.)

You're all at the wrong end of Speyside.

Post by **DRT** » 18:57 Fri 18 Oct 2013

There are a few dozen possible distilleries and a few hundred possible casks numbers. Dozens x hundreds isn't good odds when it comes to guessing.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 18:59 Fri 18 Oct 2013

Someone else have a guess! I'm still taking this seriously.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 18:59 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:There are a few dozen possible distilleries and a few hundred possible casks numbers. Dozens x hundreds isn't good odds when it comes to guessing.

We've been through about a third of the Speysides. Once you get the distillery, I'm sure you could narrow it down very quickly by looking at what their latest bottling is.

But you go ahead and quit.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:00 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:Someone else have a guess! I'm still taking this seriously.

Thank you! Where's Owen? Where's Julian?

Derek's gone to photograph the moon for 10-20 minutes...

Post by **DRT** » 19:03 Fri 18 Oct 2013

7.87?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:10 Fri 18 Oct 2013

112.47

Post by **DRT** » 19:11 Fri 18 Oct 2013

76.103?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:12 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:112.47

I meant 211.47!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:14 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:7.87?

Mortlach has already been guessed, and eliminated.

Post by **DRT** » 19:15 Fri 18 Oct 2013

I can't find anywhere on the SMWS website where it lists what has been released for each distillery. They don't seem to be leaving a complete historical record, which is shoddy.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:16 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:
AHB wrote:112.47
I meant 211.47!

Hmm. At least the first guess represents a distillery. Albeit one in Loch Lomond.
The second guess is not a valid number. I think the numbers only go up to 126 or so.
Do you not have the links Derek posted earlier on open in an adjacent tab to this one??

Post by **DRT** » 19:17 Fri 18 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:Mortlach has already been guessed, and eliminated.

Ah. I think there are only about 6,587 possibilities left, so we are getting close.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:18 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:I can't find anywhere on the SMWS website where it lists what has been released for each distillery. They don't seem to be leaving a complete historical record, which is shoddy.

But they list what is currently available. And that's a start; it at least gives you an indication of which are the valid bottling numbers. And you could always ring them.

Post by **DRT** » 19:18 Fri 18 Oct 2013

It is surprising that Julian hasn't guessed this as he will have been sent an email on or around 1st of July this year telling him the answer.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:19 Fri 18 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:
AHB wrote:112.47
I meant 211.47!
Hmm. At least the first guess represents a distillery. Albeit one in Loch Lomond.
The second guess is not a valid number. I think the numbers only go up to 126 or so.
Do you not have the links Derek posted earlier on open in an adjacent tab to this one??

Unless I have mistyped it 211 is Kininvie.

However, I take I am wrong so I am now guessing 106.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:20 Fri 18 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:It is surprising that Julian hasn't guessed this as he will have been sent an email on or around 1st of July this year telling him the answer.

Yes. And he will have the paper version filed somewhere too. And probably catalogued also. Where's he gone? Surely he isn't spending time with his family..?

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:23 Fri 18 Oct 2013

So far we have guessed and been wrong with 1, 4, 12, 23, 24, 44, 54, 65, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 88, 106, 112, 211,

Remaining are 7, 8, 9, 18, 34, 35, 36, ]37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 56, 58, 64, 71, 72, 73, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 100, 101, 105, 107, 108, 203, 211

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:24 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:
AHB wrote:112.47
I meant 211.47!
Hmm. At least the first guess represents a distillery. Albeit one in Loch Lomond.
The second guess is not a valid number. I think the numbers only go up to 126 or so.
Do you not have the links Derek posted earlier on open in an adjacent tab to this one??
Unless I have mistyped it 211 is Kininvie.

However, I take I am wrong so I am now guessing 106.

I don't think there is a 211... here is a more recent, up-to-date list than Julian's..

106 is by far the closest guess so far.

[where are you getting 203 and 211 from....?]

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:25 Fri 18 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:Remaining are 7, 8, 9, 18, 34, 35, 36, ]37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 56, 58, 64, 71, 72, 73, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 95, 100, 101, 105, 107, 108, 203, 211

You have indeed mentioned the answer (in fact, the bottling number is contained therein also).

Post by **DRT** » 19:25 Fri 18 Oct 2013

105.xx?