The water of life
It was during a get-together with the medical fraternity that an interesting fact about the relationship of a healthy heart with moderate whisky drinking was revealed to me. One of the doctors there asked to be served a whisky that was at least 12 YO… and I was curious. ‘Any reason for this specific instruction,...
Ageing in a cask
‘A whisky gets its ageing and maturation in a cask?’ Specky asked in a tone replete with incredulity. I didn’t answer and so after a while, he went on, ‘I wish we could put all our immature professionals in a cask and let them out only once they were of the right blend and delicacy...
