SCOTCH continued from page 36
The Excise Act laid the foundations for
the Scotch Whisky industry as we know it today. Since then Scotch Whisky has survived.
It has survived Prohibition, wars and revolutions, economic depressions and recessions, to maintain its position today as the international spirit of choice, extending to more than 200 countries throughout the world. As a Scot living in Canada for 30 years
now, I have never lost my taste for the drink known as Scotch. In fact over time the love of the drink has grown. Which doesn’t always work with women. There are differing views on how many
“Scotch Regions” there actually are, but I tend to go with the view that there are five:
Lowland, Highland, Islay, Campbelltown, and Speyside. Lowland whisky tends to be
lighter on the taste buds, while Islay whisky is peaty ( you can taste the soil of the islands), with traces of iodine, seaweed, and salt.
Two of my favourites are The Macallan
from Speyside and Oban from the Highland Regions. Both makes start in the $100+ range, however in 2007, a 1926 bottle of Macallan was sold for $54,000.(Just hope they didn’t mix it with coke when they drank it.) The Oban distillery is actually one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland, yet it still has an output of 700,000 litres per year. No wonder the UK taxman loves Scotch as well. I actually had the pleasure of taking
a couple of Canadian friends up through Inverary to Oban and toured the distillery in 2004. To say they had a blast would be an understatement. Combine that with them eating a fish supper on the harbour wall in Oban, and you had two Canadians who had “died and gone to heaven”. In future editions of Bounder, look for
details on An Quaich, a society dedicated to increasing the knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of single malt whisky; how you can attend a whisky tasting evening; and how you can learn more about Scotch Malt Whisky in general.
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