IT'S a whisky that hasn't been drunk in Scotland for over half a century. But in a few months, a select few will be able to taste the national drink the way it was originally imagined.

Aug 28th 2010 at 4:01PM Scotland plays host to dozens upon dozens of whisky distilleries, but only one on the isle of Orkney: Highland Park , which currently stands as the northernmost distillery in Scotland.

Not imbibed together, of course ... but there sure are a lot of tastings of either wine or bourbon planned for the next couple of weeks.

Eighty percent of people with no religious affiliation drink. Among Roman Catholics, 78 percent imbibe.

THE mention of Japanese whiskey was once most likely to recall Bill Murray's Suntory Time ad campaign in "Lost in Translation." But over the last decade, the drink's reputation has experienced a meteoric rise.

Morimoto holds up a grilled pork chop he prepared with Sake. Dona t be worried about cooking with booze: alcohol cooks off in the heat.

Beer's the only thing sweating more than you this Summer. a This Summer has been crazy.

"...drinking whisky is never about just drinking whisky; we're social creatures and we tend to drink in a social context... Even if we resort to drinking alone, we drink with memories and ghosts." Iain Banks If you are lucky enough to be reading this with a glass of whisky in your hand then take a second to regard the contents of your glass.

Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Tequila and More Tequila Tonight, Scottsdale restaurant Cein Agaves invites you to their "Passport to Tequila" event in their upstairs Cantina.

A few years ago we took our hubby to see The Kingston Trio , and he was the pre-concert celebrity with his Trio-esque vertically striped shirt .

At 21, you are new to the world of tipplers. At 27, you know a single malt from a blended whisky.

Master Distiller Colum Egan loaunched a worldwide search to find an apprentice to help create a new blend of Bushmills whiskey enlarge A lifeguard from Bulgaria has won a global Bushmills challenge to help create a new blend of the whiskey.

I like Bruichladdich Distillery, not only for their excellent drams, but also for the way they get their message across the globe.

London designer James Gilpin may have raised the eyebrows of many medical experts and whiskey lovers with his new project, "Gilpin Family Whisky." The concept of the project is to utilize sugar-heavy urine excreted by diabetic patients for fermenting into high-end single malt whiskey.

BEHIND a homely blue garage door in a genteel corner of Hammersmith sits Prudence, a complicated and expensive young lady, and the focal point of an ancient British industry that is undergoing a remarkable and timely revival.

Here's one spirited grassroots campaign on which bickering Democrats and Republicans just might manage to find some common ground.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of travel retailer DFS, Brown-Forman Duty Free/Travel Retail has come up with a unique idea.

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Not many people in the USA have heard of Dick Bradsell . And not many folks in the United Kingdom, his homeland, know who he is, either.

There have been two fairly gaping holes in the core of Whiskey Wednesday since its inception, made not strictly out of personal distaste, but more out of predictability.