[MR] Wikipedia: Scotch Invented

[Brynjolf]

If bottled in modern 750 ml bottles (fifths), eight bolls of malt is enough
to produce about 1,500 bottles. The good friar had himself quite a little
operation going...

-Brynjolf

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Garth Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu> wrote:

>  Noble Friends, especially the Scots among us,
>
> Today is a momentous day in Scottish history. The first recorded mention
> of whisky was on 1 June 1495!  “To Friar John Cor, by order of the King<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England>,
> to make aqua vitae VIII bolls of malt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt>.”
> — Exchequer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchequer> Rolls 1494–95, Vol
> x, p. 487. So Scotch has really been making white men dance since 1495 (my
> T-shirt says "1494", but who's counting?).
>
> If you would like to know more about Scotch whisky, try this:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Whisky . Or you could take a tour of
> Scotland, which always seems to include a visit to at least one distillery.
>
> Yours Aye,
>
>
> Lord Mungo Napier (Who actually prefers stout, but will celebrate anyway!)
>