Whisky eller tonic? Narrativ eksistensteologi

Scotch Whisky: History, Heritage and the Stock Cycle

This article is concerned with one of the UK’s major export successes of the last century, Scotch whisky. The economics of the production process place considerable onus on firms to forecast demand for up to a decade ahead. History reveals the difficulty in achieving this, with clear cycles of over-production and under-production as firms attempt to adjust their stock portfolios. No sooner has ...

Sequential (anaerobic/aerobic) biological treatment of malt whisky wastewater

The anaerobic treatability of malt whisky distillery wastewater was investigated. Biochemical methane potential (BMP) experiments were conducted both with and without basal medium (BM) to observe the effect of nutrient supplementation. For batch reactors containing no nutrients but only NaHCO3, net total gas production at the end of 29 days were observed as 0.019 m 3 gas/kg COD removed. With nu...

Manto's ex deputy turns to tea, not whisky.

Almost unprecedented since the Mandela era, civil society, including doctors, nurses and scientists in the public and private sector, united behind her, roundly condemning Mbeki and his loyal ally, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. The rhetoric doubled in volume and quantity when the Sunday Times (12 August) published detailed allegations of TshabalalaMsimang’s ‘drunken exploits’ while ...

Upper limb disorders among coopers in the Scotch whisky industry.

BACKGROUND Coopering is a physically demanding trade which has existed for >500 years. Anecdotal clinical evidence suggested increased prevalence of upper limb disorders in the population of coopers in one organization. AIMS To investigate the prevalence of upper limb disorders in coopers and non-coopers. To identify differences in prevalence, and any relationship between the findings and the...

The Tonic Pupil Syndrome.