The Adventures Of Peat Macmalt
September, 1974
Before The Turn of the century, before frozen orange juice and presliced bread, practically all Scotch was straight malt whisky. It was a handmade product--malted barley, slowly distilled in primitive pot stills to a rich, smoky resonance. Highlanders relished their "loud" whisky because it "went down singing hymns." Today's Scotch, however, is literally something else; a light, dry, muted spirit--obviously not the meaty mouthful of poem and legend. Nor is it a straight whisk...
