The Whisky Smugglers Illegal whisky distilling and smuggling was rife in the highlands during the nineteenth century. These activities often worked side by side with legal distillers. Excisemen were tasked with locating these illicit distilleries and seizing them. In 1822 the government passed the Illicit Distillation (Scotland) Act. This meant that the making or drinking …

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