THEY BELIEVE THEIR SPIRITS SHOULD HAVE CHARACTER; AN AUTHENTICITY DERIVED FROM WHERE THEY ARE DISTILLED AND THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THOSE WHO DISTIL THEM.

There are many attributes they share with their distant Gaelic forefathers: stubborn, resolute, self-sufficient, tough, hard-working, enduring, straight-talking, emotional, passionate, philosophical and engaging… perhaps with a certain roguish quality.