What’s better than a scotch? How about two scotches? The Rob Roy is actually a pretty old drink, tracing it’s origin back to 1894 at New York’s Waldorf Astoria, where it was created to celebrate the premier of the operetta Rob Roy. Basically it’s a Manhattan scotch instead of rye. … Read More
The world of Scotch faced another disaster this week, albeit one more strange than the Chivas debacle. The town of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was the scene of tragedy on Tuesday, as a tanker truck full of “Scotch” tipped over and caught fire after colliding with a parked Cadillac at an intersection … Read More
Tragedy has struck the world of whisky, and by extension, the world at large. Tuesday night, thousands of litres of Chivas Regal whisky was poured down the drain at a bottling plant in Dumbarton, Scotland. Not a dram was spared. Flags are being flown at half-mast the world over, and … Read More
[youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZLgHN5Jtug[/youtube] “You could spend a very happy and fulfilled lifetime ambling through the shelves of a well-stocked pub.” Finally, the meaning of life.
We’re on the record as loving Scotch more than just a bit, but we sometimes forget how unlikely it is that a national spirit should become an international phenomena. After all, nobody’s lining up to counterfeit Maotai, Slivovitz or Brennivin. In fact, we think that Brennivin might double as an … Read More
