There are many reasons why whisky has not only remained popular but has found new markets, particularly in Asia, where the response of local populations over the centuries to dirty water was to sterilise it by boiling it, and then to enhance its taste by adding some flavour from herbs and tea leaves. In contrast, when swelling conurbations in Europe made water supplies murkier, locals responded pragmatically by slaking their thirst with germ-killing alcohol instead.
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INVER House Distillers, the Airdrie-based whisky company bought by International Beverage Holdings last month, has announced a raft of senior changes, with new managers at four of its five distilleries
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Springbank Distillery Director of Production Frank McHardy was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Malt Advocate Magazine at Whiskyfest New York earlier this month.
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SCOTCH whisky is booming. Never since the years immediately after prohibition in America has worldwide demand for our national drink been so high. From Moscow to Madrid and Shanghai to Seattle, everyone seems to want to drink Scotch. Macallan, the most royal of Speyside malts, is so popular in the bars and nightclubs of New York that a few years ago there was a very real possibility that its makers, Edrington, just might run out.
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June 2nd and 3rd 2007 will mark a first for the Highlands of Scotland with the first ever Highland Whisky Festival.”
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If you have not yet tasted Forty Creek Barrel Select, do yourself a favour and pour yourself a good stiff one soon. Their mission statement should give you some insight as to the type of distillery that Kittling Ridge is…
‘If you are not completely statisfied with any of our products, send back the unused portion, and we will drink it.’
“Forty Creek Whiskies have been inspired by my passion to create whiskies that rekindle the heritage of Canadian craftsmanship and quality” explains John Hall, whisky maker.
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Bowmore, the award-winning Islay Single Malt Whisky, will be presented in a new look from December, launched earlier this month as part of a £20 million global investment programme over the next five years.
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If you walked into an LCBO, or through Dundas station, or any number of other places during the month of October, you probably saw the Whisky Generation campaign. It consisted of pictures of cool-looking urbanites mostly under 30, with “The Whisky Generation” beside their faces.
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