Usquaebach History - Twelve Stone Flagons Ltd.


	USQUAEBACH History (Gaelic pronunciation - whisk-ay-bay) (U.S. pronunciation - use-kay-bah) Gaelic for "uisge beatha", meaning "water of life", from which the word whisky is derived. Origin traces back to 16th century during reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. Immortalized by Robert Burns in his classic 1791 "Tam O'Shanter" - "wi Usquaebae we'll face the devil." Written tradition - March 28, 1768 (provided by Christies, London). Ross & Cameron - 1768 - 1841. William Grigor & Sons - 1842 - 1973. Twelve Stone Flagons, Ltd. - 1973. Twelve Stone Flagons, Ltd. was the first private American company to own a Scotch whisky.
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