Comments on: Whiskey on Stockholm�s most touristic street

By: Shanna Wester

Shanna Wester — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:08:37 +0000

Does anyone know what a reindeer steak tastes like in comparison to venison/deer in the US? I would think it’d be very similar, if not the same, but I’m not sure. The Australian Meat Council says venison is deer, elk, moose, caribou and reindeer meat–so the same?

http://www.amic.org.au/Content_Common/pg-GameMeat.seo

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By: alannah

alannah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:52:09 +0000

I’m used to getting many spelling variations on my name, no problem. It’s almost as tricky as “whisky”

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By: DavindeK

DavindeK — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:14:23 +0000

Alannah,
Now if only I could learn to spell your name correctly.
Sorry.

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By: DavindeK

DavindeK — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:09:54 +0000

Hi Alanna,

Actually, either spelling is correct for whisky from Ireland. It is only recently that the Irish stopped using the no-e spelling and that was only because the three remaining distillers merged to form a single entity when Irish whisky was going through very tough times. There are still lots of bottles of Irish whisky out there with the no-e spelling though.

Similarly, according to what we read on the labels, both spellings are ‘correct’ for American whisky. Most use the ‘e’ but at least five popular brands do not.

Legally, in Scotland, according the the Scotch Whiskey Order, Scotch whiskey is spelled with and ‘e’ although you never see this on the labels. Similarly, according to the Standards of Identity, legally, in America, Scotch whiskey is spelled with an ‘e’.

In Canada, where I live, you rarely see a whisky label with an ‘e’ in whisky anymore, but it used to be quite common.

The idea that whisky has to be spelled a certain way depending on the country of origin is one of the great myths about whisky, but in practice the dearly held rules that bring the wrath of blog commenters when ‘broken’ simply don’t exist.

Here is an article I published about this a few years ago on the maltmaniacs website:

http://www.maltmaniacs.org/malt-109.html#0810

So let’s just enjoy the posts and comments and not worry about who is breaking rules that don’t really exist anyway.

Davin

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By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:37:34 +0000

I can understand spelling whisky the wrong way if your Irish… But why write in American English, surely Hiberno English would be much nicer, just don’t go all James Joyce on us…

I worked in Ireland a couple of years ago and had real trouble logging on to the patient medical management system as part of the password was whiskey, it took me months to remember not to type in whisky ( I am a wee bit dyspepsic).

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By: Alannah

Alannah — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:54:29 +0000

Hi Jean!
On April 23, I wrote about Herman’s vegetarian restaurant. If you have some favorite vegetarian restaurants, feel free to share them with us!
/Alannah

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By: Alannah

Alannah — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:51:18 +0000

FYI..
With few exceptions, the spelling is Scottish, Canadian, and Japanese whisky (plural: whiskies), but Irish and American whiskey (whiskeys). At no stage in this text do I refer to Scotch whiskEy.
(I am Irish and use American English in this blog!)

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By: Marvin Allen

Marvin Allen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:40:51 +0000

So you removed my comments but maintained the so called review’s incompetence in persisting to spell whisky with an ‘e.

What a bunch of ignorant wankers you are.

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By: Jean Bennington

Jean Bennington — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:52:02 +0000

Do food reviewers ever write about vegetarian restaurants assuming there are some .Would rather see the reindeer running about and havivg it’s life span .

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