The History of Whisky Distilling

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THE HISTORY OF WHISKY DISTILLING

The first recorded mention of whisky dates from 1494, though the origins of the drink are much older.
Early days of Distilling covers distilling in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and Illicit Distilling examines the consequences of the introduction of the Malt Tax in 1725

THE STORY OF GLENMORANGIE

MALT WHISKY DISTILLING
Introduction
Chronology of Distilling
The Early Days of Distilling
Illicit Whisky Distilling STORIES AROUND THE DISTILLERY
Introduction
The Ancient Burgh
The Immortal Walter Scott
The White Lady
GLENMORANGIE DISTILLERY
Introduction
Early Days at Glenmorangie
Enmeshed in the local rural framework
A comfortable little backwater
Maltbarns into makeshift barracks
New owners and the Roaring Twenties
A return to older ways
Progress has some advantages THE HISTORY OF THE AREA
Introduction
Earliest Times
The Dark Ages
Ross in the Middle Ages
The Wars of Independence
The Church of St Duthac at Tain
The Reformation/Ross of Morangie