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shown here. David Spaid
showed you the clear Fallen
Angel (Devil) in miNiZ116. I
have seen this several times
since but this is the only
picture I have seen of a black
one. The colourful stack of
bottles is from MarRon
Liqueurs of the UK. Someone
posted the foreign writing
bottle on Ebay a few months
ago wanting to know where it
was from – Thailand. The
cocktail
shaker
shaped
Coctair
Cocktail is
from Henri
Vallet of
Mexico. I love
the Union
Flag bowties on the two
Chase bottles.

This is a smaller miNiZ this
time – send some articles or
the next one may be smaller
still!

David Smith
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Two fRom Frank Wynn

I had never heard of Old Ballantruan whisky until
I picked up this miniature. After looking through
some whisky books I found out it is part of
Tomintoul Distillery. The reason for the name
change is that Tomintoul whiskies do not receive
much peat treatment but this whisky is heavily
peated. It takes its name from the well that
supplies the distillery with its water.

It is a nice old fashioned looking glass bottle.
Despite the flowery splurge on the tube it only
received 82 out of a 100 in the whisky bible.
There is also a ten year old but I have not seen
a miniature of one. (see MBL for 3 more – Ed.)

The 50ml plastic Jim Beam bottle is made for the
Australasian market. This is obvious (apart from
the phone numbers on the side panel) due to the
37% alcohol level. This reduced level results in a lower excise tax.

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