Proofs Positive
May, 1965
Bobbie Burns, liquordom's Scottish laureate, left no doubt about the wellspring of hisinspiration when he said, "O whisky soul o' play and pranks/ Accept a bardie's gratefu' thanks." Americans say thanks not in verse but in the gallonage they drink. Three out of every four bottles of the distilled spirits with which they now commune are whiskey. Most of it's whiskey spelled with an "e," an added tribute which the thrifty Scots and Canadians never have found really essential.A...
