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Posted by the Fair Maiden on September 4, 2011

Perhaps it’s all that Trainspotting I’ve been watching, perhaps it’s just my inner Scot making its way out. I’ll be honest here, I don’t really have a ton to say about this particular…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on August 23, 2011

I know it’s been a while. I know. And like a pathetic ex boyfriend, I’m back for more, whether you want me or not.  This weekend, my sexy engineer…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on May 9, 2011

Scotland was once divided into four different regions (Campbeltown, Islay, Highland, and Lowland). Scotch whiskies, however, tend to be divided into six different regions: Highlands, Lowlands, Speyside, Islands, Campbeltown, and…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on May 6, 2011

…As well as the people living inside them.   Ahh, Speyside, home to about 50 of the country’s 100 or so distilleries (or as I like to call them: heavenly…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on May 4, 2011

Oh, no, that’s not Hilary reacting to the mission on the attack against bin Laden, no. She’s shocked (shocked!) by the ridiculous prices of these whiskies. Sure, they probably taste…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on May 2, 2011

You’ve scaled Mount Kilamanjaro with a freshly broken femur. You earned your pilot’s license before your driver’s license. You paved the way for your friends to try balut… when you were…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on April 28, 2011

Oh, Woodinville, WA: home of retired NFL quarterbacks, pageant beauties, and (according to Wikipedia), Action Jackson himself (“Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on April 26, 2011

Explain about … Peat This post was originally published on the Whisky for Everyone site. Peat is found all over the British Isles and it is the use of peat…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on April 22, 2011

Johnnie Walker is a consistent, reliable, and widely accessible brand of whisky. In fact, it’s one of the bestselling blended whiskies (blended whisky = the love child of grain whisky…

Posted by the Fair Maiden on April 21, 2011

We’ve all heard it before: Good things, small packages… yeah, yeah, whatever. Hell, it’s even exemplified in everyday life.             Another example of this: Drinks by…