The Men Behind Your Favorite Liquors

Mental Floss Magazine ^ | November 11, 2008 | Ethan Trex

[2ndDivisionVet]

What's your favorite?

[CodeToad]

Uncle Sid, one wicked moonshine!

[weegee]

What about that guy behind the Big Schiltz?

Zima?

(duck and cover)

[driftdiver]

none of the above. glenfiddich or glenlevit

[ClearBlueSky]

This lady likes her Captain Morgan straight . My orange vodka too.
Where’s me rum?

[ERJCaptain]

Captain Morgan is for the kids. Being a rum man myself, I prefer Sailor Jerry or Bacardi Premium (named after its first maker, Facundo Bacardi).

[GQuagmire]

Not named after anyone but has a name in it

[Kimmers]

Mortlach single malt..... can't get it here but it helps to have a nice neighbor who happens to be a pilot for a major airline and flies to Edinburgh once in awhile when he is not flying to Tel Aviv (please pray for his safety) I only will have this on very special occasions since it is pricey and hard to get....it is an outstanding scotch..... Current Owners UDV
Location Speyside
Water source Springs in the Conval Hills.
Stills 3 x wash stills and 3 x spirit stills
Capacity per year 2,800,000 Litres
Status Active/Producing

Mortlach Distillery History
1823-24 Established by James Findlater, Alexander Gordon & Donald Mackintosh
1852 Distillery restarted after a few silent years by John Gordon
1854 George Cowie becomes involved creating John Gordon & Co
1897 Stills increased from 3-6
1923 Cowie family sells to John Walker & Sons Ltd
1925 Distiller Company Ltd (DCL) take control
1930 Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (SMD)
1963 Completely rebuilt

Mortlach Distillery Comments
One of seven distilleries in Dufftown – the first to be licensed
Important contributor to Johnnie Walker blends.

Mortlach Distillery Bottlings
Mortlach Aged 16 Years (Flora & Fauna)
Mortlach 22 Year Old (Rare Malts Selection)

[Viking2002]

I'm an official, honest-to-God, business-card-carrying Maker's Mark ambassador. Really. Had a barrel with my own name on it. I'll stay out of this.

[Viking2002]

See my last post. LOL

[krb]

I like my Uncle Guiness.

[GQuagmire]

straight up? on the rocks? I’m on the rocks with a splash of ginger ale on top and a squeeze o’ lemon

[weegee]

If we are gonna name names,

These days it is bushmill’s on the rocks.

[PjhCPA]

Maker's Mark....yum.

I'm an ambassador.

[mickey finn]

I am Maker's Mark ambassador as well. It is my favorite bourbon, but I only drink it on special occasions. My Christmas present from them was a disappointment this year, however (wrapping paper).

[livius]

Johnnie Red is good. It’s the best and most flavorful of the mass market blended Scotches. The more aged variants are good, too. My fave is probably the Green (I don’t like the Black, for some reason).

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Wish I liked gin. Tanqueray’s story is the most believable; three generations of ‘Men of the Cloth,’ then a bootlegger, LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

This Yankee likes Southern Comfort on the rocks, or in an Old Fashioned...which none of you Southerners have most likely ever heard of. It’s a ‘Friday Night Fish Fry Thang.’

[waxer1]

LOL: I used to drink old fashions until I got terribly drunk and got sick.

My Preference: Hennessy’s Congac hands down.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Don’t forget Laphroig, Lagavullin, or the ever popular Ardbeg.