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w ji economist suntribune etcetera thursday dec 23 1999 tiiksofxmstiuety from page bl bowmore and its staggering price tag of 10987 m while mcewan has hosted many a nosing they arent about order forms and cheque books they are his chance to do what he does best play educator the first distilleries were created by the egyptians but the knowledge of the single malt scotch is still pretty lean im just trying to erase that problem he explains i was lucky since i had very good teachers who gave me a good sense of values about good whiskey mak ing a lot has rubbed off on me and not just in whiskey but in life too mcewan stresses there is no rea son why more folks cant learn the basics of single malts and the means to identify various characteristics at a typical hosing five excellent labels of scotch ranging in age from three to 21 years are offered to willing hobbyists the master explains it starts with the nose arid ends with the tongue ladies have a better sense of smell and thats why they buy such expen sive perfume he says and the tongue is like a super computer run by 10000 little cells he talks of colour and the body that can be felt by running it against the sides of a glass its weight is mea sured in fivesecond intervals on the tongue where recognition of a young scotch is realized by the hot and spicy heat it generates inside the mouth adding several drops of water brings out hidden aromas before the task is culminated withkthe finish the length of time the taste lasts on the palette nursing whiskey is not like nurs ing wine it takes a single malt at least 30 minutes to open up you have to come in from the side one inch below your nostrils born in bowmore on the island of islay in 1948 mcewan learned every job atthe distillery beginning as a 15yearold apprentice to- cooper davey bell after a stretch in glasgow as a blender he returned to bowmore as its manager yet his best talents are saved for regaling a crowd with tales of co workers and legendary drinking feats suchas the tale of the dis tillerys security system comprised ofsmokey the cat or the tidbit that a traditional scottish toast ends with one foot on a chair and the other on top of a table best of allis a story of a teenaged mcewan arid his buddies smuggling whiskey in bottles tucked under their belts past the warehouse guard a weekend without whiskey was considered a fate worse than death and when angus forgot his bottle we filled his old rubber boot up to his laiee with whiskey he recalls and all he had to do was walk 500 metres to the front door well angus already had a bad hip but he put the sharon gaumkuchar and bill withrow host the honourable barney dansoril the frederick horsman varley art gallery of markham is exhibiting varley war artist the exhibit honours canadas contribution to the war efforts of the first and second world wars the works are on loan from the canadian war museum in ottawa and the exhibition will continue until january 16 2000 this exhibition of rarelyseen landscapes and military portraits by fh varley one of canadas most gifted portrait artists and a founding member of the group of seven documents the ravages of military combat during varleys commission as honorary captain in the first world war htiese hidden treasures of art borrowed from the canadian war museum in ottawa pay tribute to our countrys contribution to the war effort at the dawn of a new millennium says gallery directorcurator sharon gaum- kuchar varleys interpretation of the turbulent human drama he witnessed established him as an icon of canadian art in conjunction with the exhibition the gallery will host a series of special programs as follows thursday evening film screenings until january 13 sunday poetry readings until january 16 guided and selfguided school group tours and studio activities relating to the varley war artist exhibition are also available the varley war artist is generously sponsored by de boers 216 main street unionville 9054779511 pain on his face and was dragginghis leg when the custom officer looked at him funny arid asked if a wee dram of scotch mighthelp his plight we were watchitig him arid hop ing hed just keep moving but angus stopped and drank it up before walk- ing out he became a natural hero after that and it became knowri as me night of the wellirigton boot mcewan ofteri invites visitors to scotland to stop by for a personal tour of the dis tillery if the ambas sadors in town hell be easy to spot mcewans the one wearing a white shirt and tie turning barley by hand in the mid dle of the malting flbbrh varley war artist varley documents the human drama of the first world war dave mcchesney compares legs your greater toronto area mazda dealers mdrkhdm kovac mazda 5396hwy7 9052941210 pieasvotourwematwvwjunmaayourdwato ttorcfinanaofftfno interest charges v a principal and interest monthly over 48 mmlteeximrfw100wati9aprpu mazda personal lease rate lease contracts are for 50 months no lease paymentsotratfredtw the 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