Talk:Drambuie

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[edit] History

I notice the "history" section is a straight copy of the blurb on the bottle's label. Beside any copyright violation possibilities, isn't there anything better to do for an encyclopedic article than to repeat the company line? --Svartalf 08:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

It also sounds like corporate folklore to me. Why would Prince Charles Edward be carrying around a liqueur recipe? --Michael K. Smith 02:29, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm curious about the actual history as well. We were discussing this at work tonight which is why I came here. Wine was fortified into brandy and port out of necessity due to travel. But why was it necessary to do the same to scotch whisky, which didn't have to travel so far. I guess it's a question to save for when I build my time machine. Robotshuffle 16:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Making a liqeur and fortifying are not the same thing. And you can't fortify a spirit (you fortify a drink such as wine with a spirit. Drambuie was made because people liked the taste. According to the book Raw Spirit by Iain Banks, mixing whisky with honey and spices was simply the way it was drunk by the upper classes in the old days. Also, he states that there is some dispute around whether the Prince gave the MacKinnon family the recipe or whether they made use of the royal connection later on by inventing the tale. He cites another book (The Whisky Treasury by Walter schobert)- I'll have to see if I can get it at a library some time. Lurker (said · done) 13:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Updated to true history, there are plenty of references on the internet i dont know how to do it so if someone could link one in there that would be great 81.178.67.7 14:07, 29 April 2007 (UTC)