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My interest in spirits began a number of years previous when as a lad of 17; I was allowed to work in a lounge serving liquor. All of my customers stopping in for a drink on their way home had a favorite spirit be it; rum, gin, vodka or whisky. The fussiest of the lot were the whisky drinkers, "Haig pinch is the best" "no, Ne Plus ultra is the best" "Glenlivet is the best", the debate was endless, but a lot of fun. Yes I did sample the odd one but don't recall much about them except they were all different.
But I do remember my first bottle of scotch. The year was 1975, and I was but a young lad of sixteen. I was traveling back to town from a trip to the dump in my old 1953 GMC pickup truck when I saw a car on the side of the highway with the occupants frantically waving for help. I stopped to see what the problem was; the travelers were from the U.S. had a flat tire and a broken jack. These four travelers informed me that they had been on the side of the highway for a couple of hours with no help being offered. I was so disappointed in my fellow Canadians that I more than happily assisted them in their tire changing duties.
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