[Sca-cooks] Period gifts in jars

[Sue Clemenger]

Okay.  The person responsible for the proof testing would add a certain 
amount of whiskey to a certain amount of gunpowder.  If the proof were 
too low, nothing would happen.  Too high a proof, and there'd be a *big* 
boom.  So they went for less dramatic effects, which indicated the 
correct range (also achievable by blending batches, from what I recall).
It was actually a very interesting tour.  I found out about malting and 
triple-distilling and all sorts of things, and got to taste different 
whiskies and scotches at the end of the tour.
--maire,

Chris Stanifer wrote:


> 
> Gunpowder?  Please, tell me more.  I'm intrigued.
> 
> And, since we are telling stories about breweries and Distilleries:
> 
> Did you know that if you get really drunk on Guinness, and call the Guinness Brewery at 2 a.m.
> Pacific Time to find out how that widget in the bottle works, they won't be open??  But, if you
> call back a few hours later, still drunk and curious, the sweet sounding girl on the other end of
> the line will actually tell you, and then giggle at you.  
> 
> I really wish, now, that I could remember what she said...
> 
> William de Grandfort
>