McBain and Maclean
I have been trying to find sources for the way Jay Pomeroy has been described in the whisky literature The
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Lightly Peated
Whisky, Blabber 'n' Smoke
Whisky Writing as Chinese Whispers
I started this whole, lengthy, exercise by accident. I was using the Malt Whisky Yearbook¹ to look at the
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Sam and Jay
As far as whisky history goes the history of Strathisla has two parts. The first is the dim, distant past
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The Whisky Tax Cases
During World War II whisky was in short supply. There was even a debate as to whether there should be
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Jay Pomeroy – The Glory Years
My next post will explain how Jay Pomeroy, and others, made a lot of money by avoiding the Excess Profits
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Jay Pomeroy – The Years of Obscurity
For three quarters of his time Jay Pomeroy’s life was low-key and obscure. He got by, alternating periods of modest
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The Two Jays
I feel shame-faced about this post because it’s a bit of a cliche to compare real-life people to Gatsby. If
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Jay Pomeroy: an introduction
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my
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Whisky Writing as Social Work
As this is a blog that likes to talk about whisky whilst talking about other things, today’s post will be
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Whisky and Scotland
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and there are many ways it can lead us astray. In today’s case
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