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you can call it infamous Grouse.
It fell from the sky and hit the shoulder of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen was hiking the fields and hills near the River Dee near Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands in early autumn 1995. It wasn’t a clump of space debris or an engine bolt flying out of the sky that upset Her Royal Highness.
It was a ptarmigan. dead ones.
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The chicken flew away. But then I met the Maker and the Queen who jumped out of the air at about the same time.
The Queen was stunned and slightly bruised. But other than that, no damage. Ironically, one of the Queen’s favorite drinks was her famous grouse. scotch whiskey Produced at the distillery Glenturret in the Southern Highlands of Scotland.
It is unknown whether the bird that crashed into the queen was really the famous ptarmigan.
However, the incident made that particular bird perhaps the most famous grouse in all of Scotland.
Other than whiskey, of course.
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The famous Grouse was one of the Queen’s prized whiskeys. Her late sister, Princess Margaret, enjoyed the famous grouse so much that when she traveled a few bottles were often sent ahead. I knew to stock The Famous Grouse.
Queen Elizabeth gave The Famous Grouse a “Royal Warrant” in the 1980s. This is a special status given by the Crown to certain companies and businesses to provide goods and services to the royal family.
The British people seem to have taken their cue from the Queen. The Famous Grouse is historically the UK’s best-selling Scotch.
The famous grouse was known as ‘grouse’ until the early 20th century. It has since been renamed.
And “The Grouse” became famous.
The other malts that make up The Famous Grouse come from Highland Park in the northern Orkney Islands, Macallan in the Speyside region and the aforementioned Glenturret.
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The famous grouse may represent one of the most poured drums in Balmoral’s saloons, but the Queen and her predecessors also embraced more “local” liquor.
One mile southeast of Balmoral Castle is the Royal Lochnagar Distillery. “Royal” will tell you everything you need to know.
Prince Albert purchased the land around Balmoral for his wife in the mid-19th century. queen victoriaThe valleys and gorges of the Scottish Highlands provided royalty with an escape from the public spaces of London. Queen Victoria is said to have liked the expression produced at the new distillery on Balmoral’s journey.
Victoria granted Royal Warrant to Royal Lochnagar in 1848.
The 12-year-old Royal Rocknager has a creamy, custard-like flavor and is commonly found on American shelves.
Multinational Diageo owns Royal Locknagar today. Diageo makes everything from Captain Morgan to Guinness to Pimm’s. There are also 28 distilleries in Scotland, each producing Johnnie Walker, one of the most famous blended scotches on the planet.
At Johnnie Walker, you might find a few drops of whiskey made from Kaoru Ira, Talisker and Cardhu. But Johnnie Walker must have some splashes of Royal Lochnagar, too.
Diageo has produced a special ‘Game of Thrones’ whiskey set from several Scottish distilleries. Among them was “House of Baratheon,” her 12-year-old malt that pays homage to the Stormlands on the east coast of Westeros in the series.
Queen Elizabeth loved the Scottish Highlands and the grounds around Balmoral. She and her family were evacuated to Balmoral each July until she was in October. The late Queen, who was a skilful sportswoman, enjoyed horseback riding in the Highlands. She enjoyed fishing and even hunted deer.
But Scottish Highland malt isn’t the only dram enjoyed by the royal family.
Next, head southwest to the Inner Hebrides. There, you’ll find Islay, which calls itself the ‘island of whiskey’.
Speaking of whiskey, Scotland basically has “two Napas”. Speyside is the larger region located to the north. and Islay.
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Bowmore (pronounced boh-MOHR, with emphasis on the second syllable) is one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries. The government first licensed Bowmore in 1779, but Bowmore is believed to have been distilling illegal whiskey even before then.
Bowmore produced a special barrel exclusively for Queen Elizabeth in 1980, but it was not bottled until 2002. The Crown, known as Queens Her Cask, auctions off a few bottles each year for charity.
Britain will undoubtedly see many new customs and traditions under the reign of Charles III.
This includes my taste for Scotch whiskey.
Highland malts such as Royal Lochnagar and The Famous Grouse are more floral and sweet. But the representation of Islay is enlivened with notes of peat, smoke, charcoal, rope and even nautical themes.
Laphroaig (pronounced luh-FROYG) is located on the southern tip of Islay. Laphroaig features one of the industry’s most distinctive nose and palette presentations. There are bananas, cloves and a surprising amount of sweetness in every bite of Laphroaig. But Laphroaig is a powerful malt. Laphroaig enthusiasts may compare its taste to magic his markers, bandages, iodine, beachside campfires, and seaweed.
Yours even characterizes Laphroaig’s essence as “math homework wet ink straight out of a 1970s grade school mimeograph press.”
Laphroaig 10 is the standard release from this distillery and is readily available in the US.
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Prince Charles granted Laphroaig a Royal Warrant in 1994 as Prince of Wales. Charles especially visited Islay and Laphroaig many times. In recent years, Charles has done walkthroughs at Laphroaig’s rivals Islay, Ardbeg, Royal He Rocknagar, and the northernmost Wolfburn distillery on the mainland, but Laphroaig is said to be his favorite distillery. I’m here.
Specifically, Laphroaig 15 โ if you can find it.
They may be royalty. But just because a member of the royal family visits a distillery doesn’t necessarily mean it will have royal influence.
The Queen opened a visitor center at the brand new Isle of Arran Distillery in 1997. This was the first legal distillery to open in Arran in 160 years. Elizabeth sailed to Arran on her final voyage on her royal yacht, Britannia, which is now in dry dock at Leith, Scotland.
The distillery has a picture of the Britannia sailing to the islands through the Firth of Clyde en route to Arran.
However, the Queen’s visit may not have had an echo.
During a visit to Aran in 2018, the reporter asked to see the location of the plaque that marks the Queen’s pilgrimage. Several distillery employees rushed over to see if they could find a bronze panel to commemorate Elizabeth’s visit.
Alas, the bewildered worker could not.
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We can only guess one thing.
Perhaps the plaque was brought out by the notorious grouse.