John Cor
Friar John Cor of Dunfermline, Fife. Monk of Lindores Abbey, first person who applied, in Scotland, for a license to distil "eight bolls of barley malt in Aqua Vitae for King James IV", in 1494 (Uisge Beatha in Gaelic), known as Whisky today. Friar John Cor Friar John Cor (to celebrate 500 years of Scotch Whisky Distilling 1494-1994), Blended Scotch Whisky By: James Buchanan & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow and London, U.K.) | ||||
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John Cor
John Cor is the name of the friar who recorded the first known written reference to a batch of Scotch Whisky on June 1, 1494.
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