Whisky – Roadrunnertwice

24 August 2017
in Travel, Whisky
tags Scotland, Whisky
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Whisky: ‘Whether or not it is Scotland’s oil, it is mostly not Scotland’s whisky’.

24 August 2017
in Travel, Whisky
tags Scotland, Whisky
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No account of the Highland county of Moray would be complete without a mention of whisky. There are 49 operating malt whisky distilleries in the Speyside region, the greatest concentration in Scotland. The clean air, the plentiful and pristine water of the Spey coming off the Cairngorm mountains to the south (plus natural springs) and proximity to the main barley growing areas of the country provide ideal conditions for

23 August 2017
in Family, Travel, Whisky
tags 2017, Scotland
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Scotland 2017: A kangaroo cousin looks at the Saltire

23 August 2017
in Family, Travel, Whisky
tags 2017, Scotland
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In June 2017 Di and I left Sydney and spent two weeks in Amsterdam and then ten days touring around the Scottish Highlands. As much for myself as anything else, I decided to set out my impressions and thoughts of Scotland in this period of great uncertainty about the future of the place I was born. In the canal house flat where Di and I spent most of our time

30 July 1990
in Walks, Whisky
tags 1990, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Islay, Lagavulin, Laphroaig
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The Malt Whisky Trail: Part 2 – Islay

30 July 1990
in Walks, Whisky
tags 1990, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Islay, Lagavulin, Laphroaig
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I’d always fancied getting married in a kilt. And so, when it came my turn to tie the knot earlier this year, it was in full Scottish finery—kilt, sporran and a short black jacket with silver buttons. The wedding was a tremendous success. The bride was as beautiful as a fairy princess (I must admit to a slight bias I fear), the bagpipes rent the air, the ceremony was short

1 April 1989
in Walks, Whisky
tags 1989, Glen Grant, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Penthouse Magazine, Speyside, Strathisla, Tamnavulin, The Glenlivet
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The Malt Whisky Trail: Part I – Speyside

1 April 1989
in Walks, Whisky
tags 1989, Glen Grant, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Penthouse Magazine, Speyside, Strathisla, Tamnavulin, The Glenlivet
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The Scots cannot claim to have discovered the chemical process of distillation, the extraction of alcoholic spirit from fermenting grains, but there are many who would agree that they have perfected it. Whisky, from the Scots Gaelic ‘uisge beatha’—literally, ‘the water if life’—has accumulated over the centuries an aura, a mystique, that sets it apart from other liquors. The origins of whisky are shrouded in Scotland’s Celtic past. The knowledge

Category Whisky