Once covertly looking at Simms Purdew, the only man in the world whom he hated, he had seen the heavy, slack, bestubbled jaw open and close to emit the cruel, obscene banter, and had seen the pale-blue eyes go watery with whisky and merriment, and suddenly he was not seeing the face of that vile creature.

I was ready to jump but when Ma said she'd get the whisky it surprised him like it surprised me, and he ran down.

Big Hans began pouring whisky in the kid's mouth but his mouth filled without any getting down his throat and in a second it was dripping from his chin.

Still more jealous bitterness was engendered by the O'Banion gang's seizure from a West Side marshalling yard of a freight-car load of Canadian whisky worth $100,000 and by one of the biggest coups of the Prohibition era -- the Sibley warehouse robbery, which became famous for the cool brazenness of the operation.

Here was stored $1,000,000 worth of bonded whisky.

The discarded papers inside were sodden, there was a glint of liquid at the bottom, and the smell of whisky was strong and distinct.

Because rye was once a standard ingredient in Canadian whisky, the terms " rye whisky " and " Canadian whisky " are often used interchangeably in Canada.

Bogart explained: " All I ate was baked beans, canned asparagus and Scotch whisky.

He was known to have several addictions, including Dewar's Scotch whisky and Pall Mall cigarettes.

From the beginning of times, W had in Swedish been considered as a mere decoration of V. In Swedish typography, blackletter ( fraktur ) used W where antiqua used V. With orthographic standardization and spelling reform, W was abandoned except for some family names and a few loan words such as whisky, whist, wienerbröd and wobbler ( also spelled visky and vobbler ).

All Scotch whisky was originally made from malt barley.

Indeed, the SWR prohibit bottlers from using a distillery name when the whisky was not made there.

" Single grain " does not mean that only a single type of grain was used to produce the whisky — rather, the adjective " single " refers only to the use of a single distillery ( and making a " single grain " requires using a mixture of grains, as barley is a type of grain and some malted barley must be used in all Scotch whisky ).

As was the case under the Scotch Whisky Act 1988, regulation 5 of the SWR 2009 stipulates that the only whisky that may be manufactured in Scotland is Scotch whisky.

Whisky production was first taxed in 1644, causing a rise in illicit whisky distilling in the country.

Two events helped to increase whisky's popularity: first, a new production process was introduced in 1831 called Coffey or Patent Still ( see in section below ); the whisky produced with this process was less intense and smoother.

These bottles usually have a label that details the date the whisky was distilled, the date it was bottled, the number of bottles produced, the number of the particular bottle, and the number of the cask that produced the bottles.

Because the islands had few grapes to make wine with, barley beer was used instead, resulting in the development of whisky.

Classified under the heading " Collins " with similarly named whisky and brandy drinks, Jerry Thomas ' Tom Collins Gin instructed :< u > Jerry Thomas ' Tom Collins Gin ( 1876 )</ u >( Use large bar-glass.

* Teacher's Highland Cream, a blended whisky named after William Teacher

There is a well-stocked shop in Eriskay, a community centre and the Politician Lounge Bar ( named after the ship which serendipitously ran aground and famously provided the island with a generous supply of free whisky ).

* A brand of blended Scotch whisky, Bailie Nicol Jarvie, is named after a character from the book.

Their first blended Scotch whisky named ' Royal Glen Dee ' was launched, followed in the 1860s by their second blended Scotch whisky, ' Royal Strathythan '.

The whisky was named Chivas Regal.

Hazelburn is a triple distilled, non-peated whisky, named for another now-defunct Campbeltown distillery.

The village was named Pulteneytown and is the location of the Old Pulteney whisky distillery.

Previously named Knockdhu after the distillery, the whisky was renamed anCnoc in 1994 to avoid confusion with Knockando.

Though England is not very well known for making whisky there were distillers previously operating in London, Liverpool and Bristol until the late 19th century, after which production of English single malt whisky ceased until 2003.

Colleagues found him lacking enthusiasm for the work, and after a bad experience with whisky he never touched the stuff again.

Many distilleries are now using distilled water for diluting whisky before it is casked as well as for diluting the whisky to bottling strength ( 40 – 46 % Alcohol by Volume ( ABV )) after maturation.

Therefore a whisky bottled twenty years ago after ten years in cask is still a " ten year old ".

These days, many distilleries are using distilled water for diluting whisky before it is casked as well as for diluting the whisky to bottling strength ( 40-46 % Alcohol by Volume ( ABV )) after maturation.

Originally known as Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky, the Johnnie Walker brand is a legacy left by John ‘ Johnnie ’ Walker after he started to sell whisky in his grocer ’ s shop in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Andrew Barclay, Son's & Co is now owned by Wabtec ( Wabtec Rail Scotland ) and Johnnie Walker still survives and it currently owned by Diageo, who however decided to announce plans to pull the whisky out of Kilmarnock after 192 years and has been its home sine the 19th century.

While driving through Arkansas, Frank was arbitrarily thrown in jail for three days after being stopped by the police who accused him of being a communist ( their reasons: he was shabbily dressed, he was Jewish, he had letters about his person from people with Russian sounding names, his children had foreign sounding names – Pablo & Andrea, he had foreign whisky with him etc.

When asked for his third wish, after a moment of indecision, he asks for a second lake full of whisky.

Brief references also turn up to panic buying of supplies by unnamed individuals in the Division after rumours of a whisky drought.

" – allusively and both wistfully and comically combining the clichés " Gone with the wind " and " Down the hatch ," after which, Briggs " enters, pours whisky and soda, gives it to " Hirst, who " looks at it " and then says, " Down the hatch.

Walker was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during the Battle of the Atlantic and was known more popularly as Johnnie Walker ( after the whisky ).

Isaac and Boon go into Memphis to buy whisky for the men, and the next day, they go after the bear again.

In the early 1900s, Chivas Brothers decided to create their most aged blended Scotch whisky to export to the U. S, where the booming economy after the turn of the century was fueling demand for luxury goods.

" William Grant & Sons " is often abbreviated to " W. Grant & Sons " or just " Grant's ", after their leading blended whisky of the same name.

The company is the 3rd largest producer of Scotch whisky ( 10. 4 % market share ) after Diageo ( 34. 4 %), and Pernod Ricard.

Their leading blended whisky, Grant's family reserve whisky, has now recently been classed as the third best selling blended Scotch whisky brand in the world, after Johnnie Walker Red Label and Ballantine's Finest.