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What’s in a name #2

VAT 69
No it is not the pope's phone number or the
Pope's favourite anything else. In 1882 William
Sanderson created 100 blends of whisky and
invited a group from the whisky trade to taste
them. Vatting 69 was the most popular and thus a
star was born.

CHEQUERS
Chequers is the name of the British Prime
Minister's country residence.

THE ANTIQUARY
The name was chosen to commemorate the novel
of the same name written by Sir Walter Scott.

ROYAL SALUTE
A royal salute is a 21 gun tribute to a member of
the British royal family. This whisky was
introduced in 1953 to commemorate the Queen’s
coronation that year. The whisky is 21 years old
and was originally available only in the United
States. At that time the bottles were made by
Royal Doulton but now they are produced by
Wade Potteries.

QUEEN ANNE
The whisky is named after the last Stuart reigning
monarch. She reigned from 1702 until 1714.

TE BHEAG
This whisky first appeared in 1976 and it’s full title
is Te Bheag nan Eilean. It translates as "the little lady of the islands" and is pronounced chay vek nan
eelan. It was produced to promote the Gaelic language and help the local community on the Isle of
Skye. The label is all in Scottish Gaelic and they say that after a few nips you can translate the words.
The fishing boat on the label recognises the importance of fishing to the community.

Frank Wynn

On the subject of Royal Salute, Neil Atkinson sent us some information on the sale of sets of three
(blue, red, green) in Australia. Worldwide Whiskies sell them for A$306.90 plus postage. A set sold
on Ebay late last year for A$168.60 + A$30 postage and another earlier this year for A$51 + A$14
postage. The later price is closer to what these should be worth as they are very common. There are
two other colours that have been made. A brown which, as far as we can tell, has only been sold in
NZ and Japan, and a super rare white. This has a US importer’s name on but seems to have only
been sold in Taiwan - Editor

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