Glenfarclas Distillery
Glenfarclas Distillery Speyside Banffshire www.glenfarclas.co.uk The Spirit of Independence Glenfarclas meaning – The Valley of the Green Grass. After tasting this fine dram in the Mash Tun public house in Aberlour,...
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Glenfiddich Distillery
Glenfiddich Distillery Dufftown Banfshire www.glenfiddich.com Thursday, May 7th, on our way back to our humble caravan we spotted the sign for Glenfiddoch Distillery (part of the William Grant Group). As I...
Sausages and Whisky for Dinner
Sausages and Whisky for Dinner Ingredients (serves 4) 12 good quality sausages Dash of Worcestershire Sauce Half an inch of fresh ginger 1 sherry glass of orange juice Season well with...
Bushmills Buttered Soda Bread
Bushmills Buttered Soda Bread This is fabulous if you use an authentic Irish Soda bread and use Irish Whiskey * 1 tbsp sugar * 9 tbsp butter, softened * 3 tbsp...
Whisky Remedies (may even cure swine flu)
When you have the sniffles, a sore throat and you have a cold it is time for a toddy. One of the nicest things about a hot toddy is this lovely sounding name. The word toddy appears to be a variation of a Hindu word tari which I believe means sweet alcoholic drink made of palm sap. The word is more generally used in Scotland and has been used by Robert Burns in poems meaning a generic alcoholic drink. Today the word is almost always used to describe a hot sweetened drink of spirits and water.
Balvenie Whisky – Doublewood 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
A Grand Coincidence. It was early evening on Tuesday 5th May 2009, all the Whisky Boys (Jim,Dougie & Nicola) were in attendance in Jim’s dinning room, as Nicola had brought along...