1 June 1494 - First mention of Scotch distilling

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posted by doggone on HistoryToday

3 comments

[–] Justintoxicated 2 points (+2|-0)

Nice! All the more reason to drink tonight!

[–] doggone [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

It'd be kind of disrespectful not to.

[–] GumpyBastard 1 points (+1|-0)

I saw little evidence in the article that the malt was going to be used for distilling instead of just normal beer. I think assuming they were distilling just based on the term 'aqua vitae' is a bit of a jump.

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