Irish tradition worth bottling By Kevin Pilley Article from: The Courier-Mail <http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/?from=ni_story> *WISE man that he was, the writer J.B. Priestley knew that "Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, which is forever working a confidence trick on him, needs an ally".* His was tobacco. Mine happens to be Irish whiskey. Confront the malt whiskey lover with Nature and he must commune with it. The world twinkles and hums about him; life becomes miraculous and everything everlastingly picturesque. With a short in his hand, a decanter by his side, a gil in his bloodstream and a couple of miniatures in his pocket, the whiskey devotee feels that he has life taped; he feels envied and enviable; sane in a mad world. Dismissing Guinness as a food (millions upon millions of litres of the stuff is scoffed every day worldwide – more on St Patrick's Day), Irish whiskey is Ireland's favourite and most popular sport. <snip> http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,21844972-27977,00.html Chris G.