And now for something completely different…  Real Puggies…. The way we were So Catch me if you can cause I’m going back. I have always had a great love for Dailuaine, the first malt whisky distillery to commission a pagoda from Charls Chree Doig, (not  only for its dark hue and fruit cake flavour but … Continue reading Stories from the good ‘ol days of whisky – Volume 3b: Real Puggies… The way we were →

The following story is based on a true story of theft and its bittersweet consequences.  To protect the innocent (and the not so innocent) the names have been changed.  In the golden age of steam many distilleries employed puggies to transport goods to and from the railway stations.  Barleybree distillery, away in the Highlands, in … Continue reading Stories from the good ‘ol days of whisky – Volume 3a: The Tale of Caesar and the Great Train Robbers →

This story  from Islay concerns an overly ambitious distillery manager and a few members of the islay farming fraternity and serves as an example of greed and its consequences. Now this particular manager considered himself worthy of promotion to the board of directors and was using every opportunity to impress the powers that be of … Continue reading Stories from the good ‘ol days of whisky – Volume 2: “The case of the grain well spent” →

Today begins a new series here on The Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society’s whisky blog; one that will be featured on the first Thursday of every month. A couple of months ago, whilst in Scotland, I had the good opportunity to meet up with a certain Mr. Bill Morgan.  In fact, as part of our … Continue reading Stories from the good ‘ol days of whisky – Volume 1: “Clumper, the Clydesdale Horse and the Clearac” →