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Sir robert bruce lockhart was a very interesting man. The ending is sure to jerk some tears, but ultimately i. Aug 31, 2002 buy the scotch whisky book first edition by brucegardyne, tom, satterley, glyn isbn. An oldfashioned lunch in the parlor of 3 st jamess street in london on 23rd march 1923 changed the course of scotch whisky history forever. As a drinker of malt whisky, i wanted more from this book than i got. The first written mention of scotch was found scribed on june 1st, 1495 in volume x on page 487 of the exchequer rolls of scotland where it reads to friar john cor, by order of the king, to make aqua vitae viii bolls of malt.
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Ian hunter, the last of the johnston family to own and manage the laphroaig distillery, between 1908 and 1944. Whisky is made via distillation of fermented grain and first records of that process was found in the archeological digs of millennia bc babylon and mesopotamia. A great introductory documentary into the world of scotch whisky. Written by a scotsman who considers it a blessing to grow up with scotch whisky, you will learn about the history of whisky distillation, the famous men whose passion can be. The earliest documented record of distilling in scotland occurred in 1494 in the tax records of the day, the exchequer rolls.
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