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Word: auchentoshan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...distilleries bottle small amounts for sale to a growing body of purists who drink them neat or with a bit of water, or like brandy in postprandial snifters. Single malts are as different from one another as Burgundy wines are from Bordeaux: a soft, sweetish Lowland malt like Auchentoshan is a wholly different taste experience from Laphroaig, one of the tangy, medicinal whiskies produced on the isle of Islay (pronounced EYE-la). Part of the appeal of these whiskies, in fact, is their craggy names. Once you've learned how to pronounce it, who can resist ordering a dram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Taste Of Thistle | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

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