This was my sample offering as we start round 5 of our Scottish distillery trading team. About 2 more rounds to go, and we’ll be wrapping up this brilliant journey concocted by @LeeEvolved. Lochnagar, or officially Royal Lachnagar, is interesting in the sense that there’s nothing exceptional or worthy remembering about it except that it somehow got itself a Royal warrant. Which in essence is a title given by the king and /or queen for their favorite distillery for 5 years. So that means that for a period of 5 years, Lochnagar was the provider of whisky to the royal family. A huge financial windfall. It doesn’t have to be whisky, but can be any product. The key is that it would be the provider of that product’s brand to royalty. It’s been given to Aston Martin, Cadbury, and Twinings tea. Lochnager was given the title by Victoria and Albert, being so close to their Balmoral home. And so there you have it...an interesting ( albeit utterly freakin useless) lesson on granting Royal warrants. Now to the whisky tasting: it’s meh. Decent. If I’m ever born into the Royal family, not sure this is where I’d grant a warrant (for me, it would be Springbank). But to each his/her own...whatever floated Queen Vicki and King Al’s boat.