European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Scotch whiskey a. A a. A Ian Madeoy checks one of the stills at the Glen Orangie distillery in Tain Scotland. Glen Orangie which produces a single malt whiskey has eight steam heated stills made of burnished Copper the tallest in Scotland at 16 feet and 10a inches. The scottish beverage is 500 years old this year. B a m b e r g commander s cup Golf tournament july 30-31.1994 whispering idea Golf course Warner Barracks Bam Bergwin a Bow 3181 on a Hole in one plus other great prizes and giveaways breakfast 7a.m. Instructions and rules 7 30a.m. Tee times begin 8a.m. Bbl dinner sunday Only noon sign up july 22 through 7p.m. On july 27. Entry fee is it due upon registration. The Cost is $25 for members and $35 for non members. Each participant will be. Flighted according to his or her Handicap. The commander s cup will be a warded to the Best individual score and prizes go to the top three players in each flight. The bbl dinner on sunday is free to All tournament participants and $4 for everyone else. For More details Call Dan 469-7583. Sponsored by the Friendly Folk at ask automobile shopping censer Bow military sales the Dod does not endorse the sponsors name or product. 76 stripes Magazine july 21, 1994 a a Cupor kindness beverage of the Highlands 500 years old this year scotch whisky is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. While Quot the water of life Quot has probably been around much. Longer than that the oldest written record is a document dated 1494 by a Monk taking delivery of about a ton of malt enough to make about 1,400 bottles of whiskey. Today it s a mainstay of the country s Economy. A by Graham Heathcote. The associated press scotch whisky is the Quot cup o kindness Quot in Robert Burns new year s song Auld Lang syne. Queen Victoria was accustomed to taking a daily dram in her Tea. A. A a the scottish poet and novelist James Hogg born 1 770, suggested it was the. Elixir of everlasting life. Quot if a body could just find out the exact proper proportion and Quantity that ought to be drunk every Day and keep to that i verily Trow that he might Loeve for Ever without dying at and that doctors and Kirk Yards would go cot o  Hogg died in 1835, but his drink has not gone out of fashion. This year Scotland s 105 distilleries Are celebrating a 500th birthday with Quot scotch 500.&Quot Murdo Reed tells visitors to the distillery he manages in the scottish Highlands Quot you need three things to make malt whiskey water malted Barley and yeast and we have been making it the same Way for 157 . Reed and the other 15 men of Tain produce a single malt whiskey called Glen Orangie a which Means Quot Glen of Tranquillity Quot in gaelic a that outsells All other single malts in Scotland. It is part of the very big scotch whisky business. Quot scotch outsells every other spirit in world markets Quot says Tony Tucker a. Spokesman for the scotch whisk association in Edinburgh. Quot scotch and it can Only be called t that if it s distilled and matured in Scotland for at least three years a is exported to 190 countries and generates around $3 billion in overseas sales a year. Exports account for 85 percent of scotch whisky production and one fifth of the total of Scotland s manufactured  although it is certainly older than 500 years the first written record of distilling in Scotland is a document in the scottish. Record office in Edinburgh rioting that Friar John Cor a Monk near St. Andrews was permitted in 1494 to take delivery of eight boils of malt to make Aqua Vitae latin for Quot water of life Quot meaning a Strong spirit. A Quot eight bolls was More than 1 ton enough to make about 1,400 bottles so the Friar must have been in a fair Way of. Business Quot Tucker says. Aqua Vitae was a Isle Beatha or us Kuebaugh in gaelic and the name gradually became corrupted to whiskey. At Glen Orangie on three tiered Racks Over earthen floors in naturally cold warehouses the Saffron Good spirit matures for 10 years in barrels of american White Oak relied in the Ozark mountains of Missouri and previously used for aging. Bourbon in Kentucky. For a Richer More expensive bottle some of the spirit is left for 18 years. Quot lying in the Wood transforms and inflows the whiskey in a magical Way Quot says Reed who is Only the sixth manager of the distillery since it was founded m 1843. Quot the Bourbon seasons the Wood and unlocks its natural sweetness Quot Reed says. The whiskey loses 20 percent volume to evaporation and soaking Over 10 years in the barrel and 30 percent Over 18 years a loss known As the Angels  Are two kinds of scotch malt whiskey made from Barley which is soaked and germinates and Grain whiskey made mostly from unsalted cereals. Both kinds Are mainly used for blends in which up to 50 different whiskers May be mingled. Single malts and some single grains Are bottled alone. This year the Glen Orangie distillery received a letter from a fan in Illinois who first tasted its product in new Orleans. Quot a kind waiter responded to my request for a single malt with a Glass of Sunshine and sea air. My ears popped my head cleared my posture improved and i heard and saw clearly for the first time in my life Quot wrote the enthusiast who compared the taste of the last drop to Quot smoke and Sweet  water is the crucial element and the elusive elements vary from place of place. Most distilleries in Scotland have soft water but Glen Orangie s is hard bubbling up at the Garlogie Spring after falling As rain on Tain Hill and draining through Sandstone Over 50 to 100 years. Quot we re not sure what it does but we Are sure that if you alter the water you upset everything Quot Reed says. The 16 men of Tain have been featured in the company s advertising and the company clings to that number of craftsmen to maintain the image malt men Mas men still men Coopers warehousemen a tractor Driver Security officer and two managers. The Only other employees at the. Distillery Are Secretary Catherine Thomson and part time cleaner Irene Macpherson. The head office is away Down South in Leith near Edinburgh. Apart from an annual shutdown for two or three months for maintenance and to avoid overproduction whiskey making goes on night and Day. Spirits Are heavily taxed in Britain at double the rate for imported wine so the 4.2 million Gallons in store at Glen Orangie represents a Fortune for the government. Excise duty and Purchase tax account for about 65 percent of a blended whisky costing about is 6 fora 70-Centifiter bottle. The tax hits a declining Market. Her majesty s customs and excise says whiskey production has fallen about 21 percent since 1984. -