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Water of Life - Glen Morangie Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/2/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

As with all caches this one has a story, we picked up a travel bug from Glenburgie Distillery whose mission was to travel to Glenmorangie where its owner's favourite whisky Quinta Ruban is produced. We couldn't believe it when we checked and there wasn't a Water of Life – Glenmorangie, so hence why this cache has been created.


The cache is a small clip lock cylindrical suitable for small items and trackables. Due to this being a very muggled location, the cache was a place and dash, so we had to work with what we had available, **there are some hawthorn trees and nettles so just beware**, not for small children – send Dad in for this one!

Background

Glenmorangie the toponym is believed to derive from either Gaelic gleann mor na sith "vale of tranquillity" or gleann mór innse "vale of big meadows" and is a distillery in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland that produces single malt Scotch whisky.

It is said that the production of alcohol started at Morangie Farm in 1738, when a brewery was built that shared the farm's water source, the Tarlogie Spring. A former distillery manager, William Matheson, acquired the farm in 1843 and converted the Morangie brewery to a distillery, equipped with two second hand gin stills. He later renamed the distillery Glenmorangie.

Glenmorangie, like all distilleries and breweries in Britain suffered terribly between 1920 and 1950, with prohibition and then the Great Depression in the United States reducing whisky sales. The distillery was effectively mothballed between 1931 and 1936. The depression ended with World War II , but the war effort left fuel and barley in short supply and the distillery was again mothballed between 1941 and 1944. Exports of whisky were important during the war, but enemy action disrupted and destroyed deliveries to the United States and Canada.

Towards the end of the war and in the immediate post war period, the distillery increased production and was running at full capacity by 1948.

** Well done Basiliskmyth for the FTF and braving the jungle!**

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre fgbarf oruvaq gur ynfg gerr orgjrra gur pnecnex naq gur pbeare bs gur srapr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)