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Scotch whisky regions Speyside Speyside has the highest concentration of distilleries of the five regions. Over forty distilleries are clustered within the Spey valley. (The river Spey is Scotland’s second longest river, 110 miles, and its fastest flowing.) Four of the top five best selling single malts are from Speyside: Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Macallan and Glen Grant. Speyside has no one particular type or style of whisky, with bourbon and sherry casks both commonly used for maturation. What the vast majority of Speyside whiskies have in common, however, is the absence of strong peat flavour. Given that Speyside distilleries account for about half of all production, it’s no surprise that the best ones are always in high demand from the blenders. Speyside malts available for investment: Auchroisk, Benrinnes, Dailuaine, Glen Moray, Glen Spey, Inchgower, Strathmilland Tombae. Highland Everything outside of Lowland, Speyside, Campbeltown and Islay falls into the general ‘Highland’ region. This includes whiskies from the mainland and from the islands (Skye, Jura, Arran, Orkney etc.). The Highland whiskies can’t be typified. From the power of Talisker to the subtlety of Glenmorangie, there is a long journey of discovery ahead for the whisky enthusiast. The Highland region is also geographically diverse, from the rugged peaks of the Cairngorms or Grampians to the heather-covered moorlands of Perthshire, or the rich arable land in the Kingdom of Fife. There are over 30 distilleries widely spread throughout the Highlands. And one distillery, Glengoyne, is frequently the subject of intense whisky debate as to whether it is a Highland or Lowland whisky. Glengoyne is situated at Dumgoyne, right on the border between the two regions. While it falls into the Highland category, the style of whisky made at Glengoyne fits well with the Lowland style. Highland malts available for investment: Ardmore, Blair Athol, Glen Garioch, Nethermill, Teaninich, Tobermory and Tullibardine. Islay There are eight working distilleries on Islay. Most of them produce strong, peaty and smoky whiskies, which divide whisky drinkers into two camps: love or hate. There is no middle ground. These whiskies get their character from the heavily peated malt they use and from the local water which runs through thousand-year-old peat bogs. The local maltings, at Port Ellen, provide most of the malt used on the island. However, two distilleries on the island, Bunnahabhain and Bruichladdich are exceptions to the norm and produce a lighter and less peaty product. The most heavily peated malts, Laphroaig, Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Caol Ila, have a strong global following, as does the slightly lighter tasting Bowmore. The newest distillery on the island, Kilchoman, started production in late 2005. Islay malts available for investment: Bunnahabhain and Caol Ila. Lowland The Lowland region is roughly defined by an imaginary line running between the Firth of Clyde on the west coast of Scotland to the Firth of Tay on the east, and any distillery lying south of this line is lowland. There were many lowland distilleries in the Victorian era, and the region has undergone a resurgence this century; of its thirteen active distilleries, ten were founded after 2000. At least six other lowland single malts are still available in bottle, but are no longer distilled: Rosebank, Kinclaith, St. Magdalene, Ladyburn, Inverleven and Littlemill. Traditionally Lowland single malts are triple distilled but this is not true of all of them. Lowland malts tend to be light and floral in character. Lowland malts available for investment: Auchentoshan, Borders, Kirkcowan and Strathenry. Campbeltown Campbeltown whiskies are made in the burgh of Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula. This was once the whisky capital of Scotland, with up to 28 distilleries in operation. However, there has been a steady decline in numbers and now most of the distilleries have gone out of business and little trace of them remains. Today only three distilleries continue to produce whisky in Campbeltown: Springbank, Glengyle and Glen Scotia. The Springbank distillery produces three distinct whiskies: Springbank, Hazelburn, and Longrow. Glengyle distillery has recently been revived by J & A Mitchell and Co Ltd., who own and operate the Springbank distillery. Unlike malt whiskies, grain whiskies are not given a regional classification although most of the grain distilleries are located in the Lowland region, the exception is Invergordon located in the Highland region. Grain whiskies available for investment: Cameronbridge, Invergordon, North British and Starlaw. Learn more about the distilleries making malt and grain spirit available on our platform.

Good for her! The gals will claim “your” stuff. Get comfy with that.

Dunno, but I have more line problems with spin gear than I do with my casters. The Occasional backlash is easier to deal with than line twist.

If you need to cast over 50’ move closer..

Do learn to baitcast, spin cast, and fly cast. It is good to have a full set of tools at your disposal.

Never trust a fart!

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We have a neighborhood whiskey club (offshoot if the PTA) . Scotch is next meet. They intend to explore the 5 scotch regions. Mike did a nice write up on that. Will copy here next week.

The lack of TP was disturbing! Must be a meth fueled pin oak savage in the area.

There were 2 human turds on the side of the boat ramp when we shoved off at 6am today. Still there and not stepped in when we left at 11:30.

Long arming it but that is a very nice LMB! Good for you!

Kinda spoiled when it comes to scotch, have friends who are afficianodos. Did a few Robert Burns dinner celebrations when I did the books for the St Andrews. Balvenie double wood is my sweat spot. I don’t like the peaty, iodine stuff at all.

What do you want? Have at least a thousand in the basement. Ask Craig or Eric at Hargrove’s and they will order for you, supply a substitute. Both are great tiers. Their classes are well attended.12-14 a couple times a week.

Waist deep in the river in your lawn chair weather coming soon. Also known as the baldero cascade.

Some proven odd balls out of this box. Confidence baits.

Camping is fun! I would not have my cowboy cadillac if my wife did not like to “Camp”. It’s her big trailer, the tents and boats are mine.

Think the major tributaries of any lake with spots in it should produce some nice fish. Larger tribs of the Missouri and Mississippi should produce well too.

https://www.missouricanoe.org/statemap.html You have a ton river smallie action around Lebanon....One person could not fish it all in a lifetime. Plus trout.

Don’t want to figure the math on camping, fishing, hunting gear. If that POS made 150k on fishing he is still underwater.

It’s Winesday Wednesday (15% off for 6 of any 750ml). Drinking a nice red blend from Decoy.

You can float the Niangua R. above or below Bennett and catch Smallmouth bass. Canoe rental & shuttle probably $50, but don’t know. We have boats and run our own shuttles. You can catch Smallmouth at Bennett when they move up the spring branch.

Awesome! Good for you!

Finally read the article. The cheating did not surprise me. Anything to please your fans and monetize your YouTube channel. Plus those guys fish in managed big bass lakes. Trout parks for bass mostly. Some a hole will want his name on the Lunker Board and snag one to make it happen again.

Awesome! Good for you! It’s been along time since I’ve encountered a good mayfly hatch.

I like the Giant Dog X allot...Its not giant plug by any means...about the size of a Sammy 100...but it works well. I don't fish a popper much on the river...but walking a popper seems to work better than pop, stop retrieves(usually),