"Scotch Whisky"
"Japanese Town Aberdeen Asks Glasgow Judge Glasgow, Dee. 16.
An interesting description of "polite Japanese Gentlemen at Cambeltown, who made friends with distillery offs cials, and took copious notes and sketches," was given by an expert chemist, called as a witness in the "Scotch Whisky" case which is èn-thralling all Scotland.
The witnesses added: "Shortly afterwards, Scotch whiskies were made in Japan, but they did not have Scotch characteristics. They were poor imitations."
Witness insisted that Scottish water was indispensable to make Scotch whisky.
Asked whether the Japanese had renamed a Japanese town "Aberdeen," in view of their calling their concoction "Aberdeen Whisky," the witness could not say.
The trial is being held to decide whether a blend of 33 per cent, Scotch, and 67 per cent, Irish can legally be called Scotch whisky. salem. artichokes, Brussels Counsel for the defence cited Jeru-
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