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    FOR PEAT’S SAKE

    Aug 21, 2020 2 minutes
    Words by JOHN LAMOND

    n my youth, I remember snow lying around my home in Perth for weeks on end, but the snows of 50 years ago seem to be gone forever. They meant that the upland areas, which gather Scotland’s water supplies, retained water during the course of a full calendar year. A distillery’s silent season was rarely the result of lack of water –

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