Happy New Year!
Thought this video micht mean a bit more today for those that may have indulged a bittie ower much over the Hogmanay spirits….
Farewell to Whisky was written in 1799, by famous Scottish Fiddler, Niel Gow. After the prohibition of whisky distilling, which followed a poor barley crop, new excise laws all but ended legal whisky distilling in the Highlands. “A Highlander’s Farewell to his favourite beverage” as Niel Gow put it.
