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unusual facts about Whisky-A-Go-Go



4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

Based at Nui Dat, in Phuoc Tuy Province it was joined by Victor and Whisky companies from the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (RNZIR) on 2 June, and was formally renamed 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion.

Annandale distillery

Annandale Distillery is a whisky distillery producing single malt Scotch whisky produced in Annandale, Scotland.

Bárbara Álvarez

Two of her most recent films have been critically well received: Whisky (2004) and The Minder (2006).

Cameron Bridge

In 1989 Cameronbridge also changed from being solely a large-scale grain whisky distillery into a ‘dual-purpose’ site, when United Distillers’ Grain Neutral Spirit operation was transferred to Fife from Wandsworth in London.

Now GNS for white spirits and ‘sweetened products’ such as Archers, Pimm's, Smirnoff, Tanqueray and Gordon's Gin are also produced alongside grain spirit used in the Johnnie Walker, J&B, Bell's, Black & White, Vat 69, Haig and White Horse blended whisky brands owned by Diageo.

In 1877 John Haig & Co merged with 5 other whisky companies to form the Distillers Company, with John Haig & Co coming under DCL's full ownership in 1919.

Caol Ila distillery

In 1863 the business was acquired by Bulloch Lade & Co, of Glasgow, traders in whisky stocks.

Caroline Lufkin

On March 6, 2006, Caroline released her first album, Murmurs, and soon after held her first live show at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, on March 17 at the Whisky Bar.

Charles A. Hepburn

Charles A. Hepburn (1891 – 16 July 1971) was a Scottish businessman, a joint founder, along with Herbert Ross, of the Hepburn and Ross whisky blending company, which was the first to blend the popular Red Hackle whisky (blended today by Lang Brothers).

Charles Vincent Fox

His father was an agent for Dundalls Whisky and by 1881 had moved to Swanscombe, Kent.

Funeral

Similarly burials on the Isle of Jura and parts of the Isle of Islay are often followed by whisky, cheese and biscuits at the graveside, a tradition which stems from the time when the long journey to the graveyard was taken on foot.

Geographical indication

Finally, the United States has a long tradition of placing relatively strict limitations on its native forms of whiskey; particularly notable are the requirements for labeling a product "straight whiskey" and the requirement, enforced by federal law and several international agreements (NAFTA among them) that a product labeled Tennessee whiskey be a straight Bourbon whiskey produced in the state of Tennessee.

German whisky

The Blackwood distillery Seeger in Calw-Holzbronn has been producing whisky using wheat since the 1980s.

Glen Grant distillery

With the sea and port of Garmouth nearby, the River Spey at its feet and barley-growing plains nearby, all the basic ingredients of malt whisky were close at hand.

Halkirk

Sir Robert Peel is said to have acquired a taste for the whisky.

Herbert Road

Both this road, and Newbridge Avenue, are built on the former site of Haigs' distillery.

History of Perth, Scotland

Linen, leather, bleached products and whisky were its major exports, although the town had been a key port for centuries.

Japanese whisky

For some time it was believed by many that whisky made in the Scottish style, but not produced in Scotland, could not possibly measure up to the standards of the traditional Scotch Whisky distilleries.

Keith railway station

A signal box (which retains the name Keith Junction) remains at the eastern end to control a passing loop on the single track main line beyond the station, the now little-used goods yard (formerly used by trains accessing the nearby Chivas Regal whisky plant) and the stub of the Dufftown branch.

Master of Malt

Other Master of Malt branded products include a Maple Whisky Liqueur, a mature your own whisky kit and Kentucky Toasted Oak Barrels.

Muir of Ord

The Glen Ord Distillery is one of the few remaining whisky distilleries on the Black Isle.

O. Milton Gossett

Over the span of his career at Compton, Gossett worked on advertising campaigns for such clients as Black & White, Chase & Sanborn Coffee, El Producto, Ivory, Kelly Tires, Knickerbocker Beer, Procter & Gamble, Socony Mobil Oil Company, and Tender Leaf Tea.

Old Pulteney distillery

The distillery produces the Old Pulteney single-malt whisky at a number of ages and has a visitor centre in Huddart Street.

One Step Away

Since releasing One Decision and For the Broken, One Step Away has played venues across the country including Universal Studios Hollywood Citywalk Stage, Whisky-A-Go-Go, Fox Theater, and MGM Grand.

Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas

Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas is a BBC television programme in which wine personality Oz Clarke and comedian Hugh Dennis travel through Britain to sample a wide array of seasonal Christmas beverages, including whisky, winter ales, mulled wine, wassail, sloe gin, Buck's Fizz, Port wine and Sherry.

R. R. McIan

McIan's early paintings concentrated on scenes from domestic life in the Highlands, such as illicit whisky stills and women grinding corn.

Rajeev Khandelwal

He had modelled for several brands like LML, Green Label Whisky, Kodak Express and Videocon refrigerators.

Robin Saunders

While there, she was instrumental in a string of high-profile deals, including masterminding a bond to refinance Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One business; funding the redevelopment of London’s Wembley stadium; the acquisition of stakes in Mid Kent Water, a British water utility company, and Whyte and Mackay, a Scottish whisky company; and providing finance for Philip Green’s purchase of BHS Ltd.

Roupa Nova

Since the 1980s, Roupa Nova has had many hits in Brazil, such as Sapato Velho (Old Shoe), Anjo (Angel), Whisky-a-Go-Go, Linda Demais (So Beautiful), Volta pra Mim (Come back to me), Coração Pirata (Pirate Heart) and Videogame.

Single malt whisky

In the 1830s, Aeneas Coffey refined a design originally created by Robert Stein for continuous stills which produced whisky much more efficiently than the traditional pot stills.

Solera

Glenfiddich, a Speyside distillery in Scotland has a 15 year old whisky that uses a process that is similar to the solera process.

Sonic Brew

Subsequently the Johnnie Walker whisky company issued a cease and desist order to Wylde on the album cover, which had been designed to look just like a bottle of Johnnie Walker's Black Label Whisky.

Spey River

River Spey, Scotland, important for the scotch whisky distilleries along its banks

Speyside

Strathspey, Scotland, the famous whisky producing region by the River Spey

Té Bheag

It is one of Sir Iain Noble's Gaelic Whisky range, which has its headquarters at Eilean Iarmain on the Isle of Skye.

The Boot Room

The Liverpool Boot Room was a room at Anfield, home of Liverpool F.C., during the 1960s - early 1990s where the coaching staff would sit, drink whisky and discuss the team, tactics and ways of defeating the next opposing side.

The Gun Seller

The Gun Seller tells the story of retired Army officer Thomas Lang, who lives a somewhat hand-to-mouth existence in London, his attention focused mainly on drinking whisky and riding his motorcycle.

Turl Street

While it is dominated by the three Turl Street colleges, the street houses several shops, including a sports shop, a bar and restaurant (the Turl Street Kitchen), a costume-magic shop, an Oxfam shop, a number of jewellery and memorabilia shops, a cafe, a news agent/general store, a whisky shop, a shoe shop (Duckers, featured in Atonement), a picture-framing workshop, and the traditional gentleman's tailors, Walters of Oxford.

Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts

Among the images of subjects shown to be in Jeff's "heart" are a suburban home, Annie, a glass of whisky, a dog, a smartphone, and a yellow TVR Griffith.

Whisky

In 1831, Aeneas Coffey patented the Coffey still, allowing for cheaper and more efficient distillation of whisky.

Whisky priest

In the Discworld novel Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, most of the Omnian clergy could be considered whisky priests, with the exceptions of the genuinely holy Brutha, and the pathologically insane Vorbis.

Whisky Romeo Zulu

The film is named after the NATO phonetic alphabet version of the identifier of the accident aircraft, LV-WRZ (Lima Victor – Whisky Romeo Zulu)


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