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Products > Drinks Cabinet > Alcoholic Beverages > Brandy, Port, Sherry & Whisky > WhiskyThe first written record of whisky comes from 1405 in Ireland, where it was distilled by monks. It is also mentioned in Scotland in 1496. However it is thought that whisky had already been around for at least several hundred years prior. When or where whisky was first distilled is unknown and the local, undocumented beverage production during the period makes identification of the drink's origin difficult. |
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Ardbeg
1713 - The early days of distilling: If the stories are to be believed (and why not?), the inhabitants of Islay had been enjoying the effects of 'strong wines and aquavitae' for years before the Ardbeg distillery was established. Even attempts to suppress the unruly islanders with a heavy malt tax could not deter illicit distillers and smugglers operating around Ardbeg's rocky cove. This was perhaps an inevitable consequence for a remote island, so difficult for the excisemen to reach, yet blessed with an abundance of natural resources needed for producing whisky - fertile soil, peat bogs and unlimited supplies of soft peaty water. Somehow, against a backdrop of raiding Norsemen, inter-island clan battles and English taxation, Ardbeg emerged as "unquestionably the greatest distillery on earth." |
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Glenmorangie
Soon after 1830 Glenmorangie itself seems to have been established. The ownership of the lands of Morangie had remained with the Ross family despite various vicissitudes. In 1811, it came into the hands of David Ross, a merchant resident in Calcutta who was only interested in extracting the rents from the lands. The mills of Morangie, which had been separated from the rest of the estate since the Reformation, had passed into the hands of the MacLeods of Cadboll and leased by them to various tenants. Traditionally, it was during this period of tenancy that a brewery was established at Morangie. |
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Glenrothes
In 1879 something new, beautifully crafted and pure entered the world: the first spirit from the stills at The Glenrothes. That's a while ago now, but this exceptional Single Speyside Malt whisky has been kept pretty much a secret from those outside the industry and a small band of connoisseurs for over a hundred years. |
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