The reasons they closed are murky: a scarcity of equipment as Scottish whisky took off probably played a part.

当年他们倒闭的原因至今仍不清楚：苏格兰缺少酿酒设备很可能是重要原因。

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In fact, the word "whisky" comes from the Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, an adaptation of the Latin phrase aqua vitae, meaning "water of life."

其实，单词“威士忌”来。 来自苏格兰苏格兰盖立语的生命之水(uisge beatha)，它是一个拉丁短语“烈性酒(aqua vitae)”的改写，意思是“生命之水”。

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A Scottish hot toddy is made with honey, lemon and whisky and keeps the highlanders warm.

一杯苏格兰热棕榈葡萄酒由蜂蜜，柠檬以及威士忌调制然而成，它可以使苏格兰高地的人们保持体温。

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John Swinney (Leader of the SNP, North Tayside) led with a question to Jack McConnell about the Scottish whisky industry.

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Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, which represents the industry, stressed that Scottish-made whisky was competing in tough international markets where it was up against other whiskies and other spirits, from vodka to distilled rice.

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There is an air of concentration, of quiet, mastered pleasure, and in some sense, these attributes mirror the astonishing ascendency of Japanese whisky itself, which now regularly surpasses its Scottish progenitor in international whisky awards.

WSJ: The Ascent of Japanese Whisky | The Cult of | WSJ. Magazine May 2013