LIQUID GOLD
From the Scottish Parliament’s imposition of the world’s first excise act in 1644 to the tariffs being imposed on Scotch single malts by the US administration in 2020, whisky has been a goose laying very valuable golden eggs for the Exchequers of Governments around the world.
The Act of 1644 was an “Act of Excyse on everie pynt of aquavytie or strong watteris sold within
