To launch the SFWC website, we
have teamed up with Talisker to offer one lucky Scotch whisky fan the
chance to win all three core expressions from the iconic distillery on
the Isle of Skye: Talisker 10 Years Old, Talisker 18 Years Old and Talisker
Distillers Edition. To win, answer Charlie MacLean’s 12 whisky teasers
- they are a challenge in their own right - and email your answers to:
taliskercompetition@whiskychallenge.com
Q1: HOW MANY DISTILLERIES IN SCOTLAND ARE CURRENTLY IN OPERATION (i.e. not closed or mothballed)?
Q2: WHICH ARE THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERIES?
Q3: WHICH ARE THE MOST NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY MAINLAND DISTILLERIES?
Q4: WHAT TYPE OF WOOD IS USED TO MATURE WHISKY?
Q5: WHICH IS THE BEST SELLING SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE WORLD?
Q6: HOW MANY COUNTRIES MAKE WHISK(E)Y?
Q7: ‘ROME WAS BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS, DUFFTOWN STANDS ON SEVEN STILLS’. NAME THE SEVEN DISTILLERIES?
Q8: UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWING DISTILLERY NAMES:
VRIGAN
KILTASRE
FCUDFAM
RAJU
Q9: WHICH DISTILLERY CLAIMED THE SOUND OF PIPES HELPED MATURE THE WHISKY?
Q10: WHICH ISLAND IS FAMED FOR IT’S PEATY WHISKIES?
Q11: WHEN WAS WHISKY FIRST TAXED: 1823, 1781 OR 1644?
Q12 - WHAT MAJOR ANNIVERSARY HAVE TALISKER RECENTLY CELEBRATED?
All participants must be over the age of 18. Due to worldwide competition laws, prizes can only be sent to UK addresses. The winner will be drawn at random from correct answers or those with the most correct answers. Deadline for entries is 19th February 2007.
