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From: normanh@idec.stc.co.uk (Norman Hilton)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.celtic
Subject: Re: A bit more about Picts
Message-ID: <731@argon.idec.stc.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 15-Oct-86 05:14:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 15 05:14:13 1986
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In article <182@einode.UUCP> simon@einode.UUCP (Simon Kenyon) writes:
>> Firstly, Scotch is a *drink*. (The best in the world). The language, people 
>surely you jest :-)
>(a lot of blends use irish whiskey as one of the ingredients)

This was not true in the past.
The Customs and Excise Act of 1952 defines Scotch whisky and apparently
says "... obtained by distillation in Scotland ..."
The Report of the Royal Commission on Whiskey and other Potable Spirits
in 1909 also defines Scotch and Irish whiskeys similarly.

It seems that lesser drinks can contain Scotch or Irish whisk[e]y
but cannot call themselves Scotch or Irish whisk[e]y.

I personally find some Irish whiskey and some blended Scotch
quite acceptable (and some malt whisky not so acceptable).
Whisk[e]y drinkers should be guided by their own palates
not by rules and jingoism.

Regards,
	Norm
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