Whisky: the spirit of Scottish national identity
“Whisky, no doubt, is a devil; but why has this devil so many worshippers?”
—Lord Cockburn, 1845
Charles Snodgrass looks at how whisky intersects with writers, artefacts, politics, economy, & geography, as well as Scotland’s national psyche
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2016/04/whisky-the-spirit-of-scottish-national-identity/
#Scottish #Scotland #literature #culture #whisky #WorldWhiskyDay
Today, 17 May, is #WorldWhiskyDay 🥃. Slàinte mhath!
Wring the Scottish rain clouds dry;
Take sleet, the driving snow, the hail;
Winter twilight; the summer’s sun slowed down
to pearl-sheen dusk on hillsides, city-roofs,
on lochs at midnight.
And, most of all, take the years that have already run
to dust, the dust we spill behind us…
—Ron Butlin, “A Recipe for Whisky”
published in WITHOUT A BACKWARD GLANCE (Barzan 2005)
Happy #WorldWhiskyDay
...a memories of a stay in Hong Kong and finishing the day with a very tasty #whisky cocktail on a rooftop bar with a view of the skyline
#throwbackthursdays #hongkong
#WorldWhiskyDay well that was good timing. Sláinte #RoyalWedding2018
I heard it’s #WorldWhiskyDay so I pulled this one out which I haven’t had for a while.
Enjoy a Black-Eyed Susan Cocktail!🥃🌼
Artwork & accessories available
> https://cac-graphics.pixels.com/featured/black-eyed-susan-cocktail-cac-graphics.html
#Blackeyedsusan #whiskey #bourbon #MakersMark #Preakness #WorldWhiskyDay #Pimlico #horseracing #painting #fineart #wallart #homedecor #prints #interiordesign #giftideas #Preakness149
Happy World Whisky Day!🥃
Bourbon artwork & accessories-
> https://cac-graphics.pixels.com/featured/golden-bourbon-cac-graphics.html
#WoodfordReserve #WorldWhiskyDay
#bourbon #whiskey #whisky #Kentucky #distillery #Photography #artforsale #art #wallart #interiordecor #artprints #homedecor #interiordesign #Saturdayvibes
Illicit Still. Poit Dhubh.
The 'Black Pot' was the colloquial Gaelic for the sma' still that Scottish Highlanders used to distil uisge-beatha. The picture and description of parts comes from Edward Dwelly's famous Gaelic dictionary.
An uidheam a bh'aig na Gaidheil bho shean gus sugh an eòrna a dhèanamh fo na mùdan.
https://brochan.teemill.com/product/illicit-still-poit-dhubh/
#Whisky #WorldWhiskyDay #Scotland #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #Scotch #Islay #Speyside #FeisIle #TShirts
What better way to celebrate #WorldWhiskyDay than with our video about the wild history of the Mahattan, that iconic whisky cocktail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7L2B9qj6N8
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Whisky #Whiskey
Plastic Autumn, Christian von Aster und Luci van Org hatten wir heute allerdings schon... Slàinte. #WorldWhiskyDay #WGT #WGT2024
It's World Whisky Day!
Met zulke mooie zomerse dagen zijn dit mijn toppers!
Wat drink jij het liefst op een zomerse dag?
Today is 18th of May.
Today is World Whisky Day, World Fiddle Day, International Museum Day, International Astronomy Day. #WorldWhiskyDay #WorldFiddleDay #InternationalMuseumDay #InternationalAstronomyDay
What should I have for #WorldWhiskyDay? A @CirkaDistillery rye coming from Montreal, a @BainsWhisky 15yo from South Africa, or should I open this old @NikkaWhiskyEU distillery exclusive blend? https://t.co/eo5HAhSXor
Also... #Tangentially...
#DontForget; #IT's #WorldWhiskyDay in #SeveralWorlds (including this one)...
#IT's #TheSame #EveryYear - 3rd #CatInTheHaturday in #NoMowMay...
#TheseOnes #GoQuiteWell with a #NiceCigar; #JustSaying...
🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🥃🎠🦹🦄🦹🎠🥃
Heute ist #worldwhiskyday. Puh, grad noch rechtzeitig dran gedacht. Slànte mhath !
What better way to celebrate #WorldWhiskyDay than with our video about the wild history of the Mahattan, that iconic whisky cocktail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7L2B9qj6N8
