Articles in 'Whisky Escapades'

Whisky Galore

Gavin D. Smith looks at the event that inspired the world-famous whisky novel by Compton Mackenzie

Whisky Galore! The expression is familiar the world over, and conjures up images of cunning Hebrideans ‘liberating’ whisky from a wrecked ship, and subsequently hiding bottles in a variety of ingenious places, including babies’ cots, lobster creels, haystacks, peat bogs and even rabbit warrens aroun...

By Gavin D. Smith from Issue 33 published on 25/9/2003