12-31-2010, 05:09 PM
BR60103 Wrote:Flux was originally discovered in the highlands of Scotland. One of the dissolved minerals in highland streams, it lent a certain "wha' kens it the noo'?"* to whiskey. The mineral by itself was found on the shores of the Tay at low tide.
King James V granted rights to harvest and package flux to William McKenzie who established a packaging and distribution centre in Perth, near where the railroad later came through (probably because of the flux traffic).
I believe that deposits were later discovered in America, in the deserts of Louisiana.
*(or, in the original Norman French: Jenny says kwa)
And along the Colorado beaches?
