#uisge-beatha

[matagonia]

Vintage ad for Gilbey’s Spey-Royal Whisky ca. 1930s or ‘40s showing salmon fishing on the River Tay in the Scottish Highlands.   Artwork by Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971).

[sgribhisg]

LATHA UISGE-BEATHA NA CRUINNE

'S e Latha Uisge-Beatha na Cruinne a th' ann an-diugh.

[It is World Whisky Day today]

Leughaibh a bharrachd an-seo: https://www.worldwhiskyday.com/

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[maxpoems]

Uisge-beatha

Pay the storms and the snow outside no mind. Let it be aflame on your breath. Let it burn. Let it smolder, sterilize. Antiseptic on your tongue.

Reach out to pour caramel and chocolate on charred oak. or douse a burning tire with vanilla. Pour it together and spread the feeling.

Or alone

if you’d rather, in your armchair by the window or the hearth where the heat of the peat fire warms your roots and reminds you of home.

-Max

[matagonia]

Vintage whisky ad for Gullivers’ Scotch “Gravy.”  “Tho’ Lost to Sight -- To Memory dear.”

[polytet]

uisge-beatha

[slowwhiskey]

Addicted to Pleasure: Whisky Uisge-beatha!

[undercloud-and-stars]

I just tried whisky for the first time.

My throat felt like it was burning but it tasted quite nice.

A rather odd drink really.