Word: scotch
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FORGET THE SCOTCH TAPE "Reweaving is probably the most current technique," says Teri Hensick of Harvard University's Straus Center for Conservation. "You look through a microscope and reattach each of the canvas threads...
...Even if you aren't hungry: you don't need a hunger headache. Drink, too. Water, for sure. Coffee or tea? Whatever you are used to. A little Scotch? Sure (but not the whole bottle...
...darker, lesser-known aged rums you sip from a snifter. That's right--rum in a snifter. Hamilton's website fans know him as the Minister of Rum, and he's issued a new decree: rum after dinner instead of the traditional brandy or single-malt scotch. "We all remember getting sick on mixed rum drinks in college," says Hamilton, 52, who imports and writes about exotic brands like Bielle Rhum Vieux (from the tiny island of Marie-Galante), Matusalem (Dominican Republic) and Ron Zacapa Centenario (Guatemala). "But when people taste an aged rum, when the tropical flavors mix with...
...further. Last year Mallya was so incensed by the SWA's whisky edicts that he called a press conference to vent. "This imposition of British imperialism is unacceptable," he said. Maybe he'll tell the SWA so himself at its next board meeting. Now that he owns 9% of scotch production, he is eligible to join the group. "I'm sure the rest of the industry would welcome him to the table," says Hewitt. "But it's not a free ride...
...Mallya's billion-dollar investment will get him more than a seat in the clubhouse. "It really gives him a good portfolio," says Alan Gray, author of the Scotch Whisky Industry Review for Edinburgh analysts Sutherlands. "It has brands like Whyte & Mackay. And the Isle of Jura and the Dalmore single malts are the icing on the cake." The acquisition also provides UB with a ready supply of scotch to blend into Indian whisky and to export to India and China. UB plans to double production at the Invergordon distillery within a year, creating the biggest whisky plant...