Book Description
This is the story of a war - between a hostile London government and large numbers of cottage whisky-makers, mostly in the Highlands. Highlanders believed they had a natural right to make whisky from their own barley, just as they made porridge from their own oats. The government, with little time or patience for the highland way of life, wanted to raise as much tax revenue as possible from distillation. This book is based upon actual events in the Peat reek conflict, stories which are a mixture of humour and tragedy but which illustrate the indomitable spirit of the Highlander.
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True stories about the pleasures and perils of whisky-making in the early 19th century - Illustrating a fascinating but poorly-understood phase of Scottish social history - How the Highland whisky bothies became established, and how Government Excise officers tried to stamp them out - How damage was wrought and lives were lost when Highland whisky-makers defended their long-established right to distil their own 'uisge beatha', 'the water of life'.
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