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Drambuie
Drambuie /dræmˈbuːi/ is a golden-coloured, 40% ABV liqueur made from Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs and spices. The brand was owned by the MacKinnon family for 100 years, and was bought by William Grant & Sons in 2014.
The name Drambuie possibly derives from the Scottish Gaelic phrase an dram buidheach ("the drink that satisfies"), a claim made by the original manufacturer of the drink.
After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Prince Charles Edward Stuart fled to the isle of Skye. There, he was given sanctuary by Captain John MacKinnon of Clan MacKinnon. According to family legend, after staying with the captain, the prince rewarded him with this prized drink recipe. This version of events is disputed by historians who believe it to be a story concocted to boost sales of the drink.
The legend holds that the recipe was given by Clan MacKinnon to John Ross in the late 19th century. After John Ross's death in 1879, his son James Ross, a business man and owner of the Broadford Hotel in Broadford on Skye, began to experiment with the recipe.[full citation needed]
Drambuie is a sweet, golden coloured 40% ABV liqueur made from Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs and spices.
In the 1880s, Ross developed and improved the recipe, changing the original brandy base to scotch whisky, initially for his friends and then later for hotel patrons. Ross named the concoction Drambuie and sold it further afield, eventually reaching markets in France and the United States. As the drink became better known, Ross registered the name as a trademark in 1893.
To fund their children's education after Ross died, his now-widow Eleanor Ross sold the recipe to another member of the MacKinnon family. Malcolm "Calum" MacKinnon worked with Eleanor Ross to continue making the drink and experimented with the recipe.
By 1912, Calum MacKinnon's employers Macbeth & Son bought the recipe from the Ross family, but the company soon ran into financial problems. In 1914, MacKinnon's fiancée, Gina Russell Davidson, encouraged him to buy the failing business and to create the Drambuie Liquor Company. The couple married in 1915 and Gina MacKinnon became the sole custodian of the Drambuie recipe, taking on the responsibility for collecting the ingredients and mixing the drink in her kitchen.
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Drambuie
Drambuie /dræmˈbuːi/ is a golden-coloured, 40% ABV liqueur made from Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs and spices. The brand was owned by the MacKinnon family for 100 years, and was bought by William Grant & Sons in 2014.
The name Drambuie possibly derives from the Scottish Gaelic phrase an dram buidheach ("the drink that satisfies"), a claim made by the original manufacturer of the drink.
After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Prince Charles Edward Stuart fled to the isle of Skye. There, he was given sanctuary by Captain John MacKinnon of Clan MacKinnon. According to family legend, after staying with the captain, the prince rewarded him with this prized drink recipe. This version of events is disputed by historians who believe it to be a story concocted to boost sales of the drink.
The legend holds that the recipe was given by Clan MacKinnon to John Ross in the late 19th century. After John Ross's death in 1879, his son James Ross, a business man and owner of the Broadford Hotel in Broadford on Skye, began to experiment with the recipe.[full citation needed]
Drambuie is a sweet, golden coloured 40% ABV liqueur made from Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs and spices.
In the 1880s, Ross developed and improved the recipe, changing the original brandy base to scotch whisky, initially for his friends and then later for hotel patrons. Ross named the concoction Drambuie and sold it further afield, eventually reaching markets in France and the United States. As the drink became better known, Ross registered the name as a trademark in 1893.
To fund their children's education after Ross died, his now-widow Eleanor Ross sold the recipe to another member of the MacKinnon family. Malcolm "Calum" MacKinnon worked with Eleanor Ross to continue making the drink and experimented with the recipe.
By 1912, Calum MacKinnon's employers Macbeth & Son bought the recipe from the Ross family, but the company soon ran into financial problems. In 1914, MacKinnon's fiancée, Gina Russell Davidson, encouraged him to buy the failing business and to create the Drambuie Liquor Company. The couple married in 1915 and Gina MacKinnon became the sole custodian of the Drambuie recipe, taking on the responsibility for collecting the ingredients and mixing the drink in her kitchen.