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    then we were aff tae the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre...

    were we road in a wee whisky barrel through the history o' whisky...

    this fella wuz makin whisky in his wee croft...



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    this fella wuz hidin frae the excise men...

    who were burnin doon his illicit distillery....


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    this fella wuz enjoyin his ain whisky...


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    this is Rabbie Burns readin his poem 'Scotch Drink' where he laments the closin' o' the Ferintosh Distillery...


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    an these fella were makin whisky popular after the Phylloxera bug wiped oot the vineyards in France and they ran oot o wine, brandy, an cognac...


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    then we had a griet nicht o pub crawlin...

    this is Frakenstein... built like an auld Franestein movie set inside an auld gothic kirk...


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    Fantastic piccies Robertson, I'd like to have been with you in that whisky shop. I didn't my favourite on the shelf - Ardbeg, nice drop it is!

    How did that guy get away with wearing a dirk all day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham
    Fantastic piccies Robertson, I'd like to have been with you in that whisky shop. I didn't my favourite on the shelf - Ardbeg, nice drop it is!

    How did that guy get away with wearing a dirk all day!

    there arr police a' o'er roon the castle... sae I'm sure they saw the dirk...

    but the knife ban is no suppose tae include part o' national dress...

    ai guess there wuz a guid example o that...




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    Super pics, P1M, sounds like a great trip to Edinburgh.
    Looking forward to seeing the pics of Glenkinchie Distillery which is the closest one from here.
    In the heyday of my career, Deacon Brodies was one of my regular haunts after visits to the Court of Session.
    Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.

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