The 175 years old Teacher's

Born in 1830, Teacher's was one of the first registered whisky trademarks. Developed by the charismatic and innovative William Teacher who narrowly avoided imprisonment for political agitation. Known for his temperance views and high moral standards, Teacher's Dram shops (pubs) in Glasgow were well respected and surprisingly progressive given: no smoking allowed in Teacher's pubs, and drinking in moderation was encouraged. William Teacher was responsible for two inventions that changed whisky irrevocably. In 1913, he invented the "self-opening" bottle (no need for a corkscrew), which is in use by all the Scotch malt whiskies till today. He was also the one, who first applied chill filtering - a process which removes cloudiness in whisky leaving it bright and clear and thus more visually appealing to the consumer. This is now and industry standard process. Teacher's whisky has a higher malt content (45%) than most blended whiskies. This gives a fuller and richer flavour recognised by many whisky enthusiasts. Teacher's celebrates its 175th birthday in 2005. It is expected to see some special limited edition range on shelves, to mark this auspicious occasion.

1830-ban a Teacher's az elsok kozott jegyezte be vedjegyet az altala gyartott blended whiskyre. Az alapito William Teacher karizmatikus es innovativ szemelyiseg volt, akit egyszer csaknem lecsuktak politikai agitacio miatt. Temperamentuma es szigoru erkolcsi normai miatt a Teacher's Dram Shopok (lenyegeben talponallo kocsmak) nagy tiszteletnek orvendtek akkoriban es meglepoen halado szellemu szabalyokat kovettek: a dohanyzas tilos volt a shopokban, illetve mindenkit a kulturalt alkoholfogyasztasra osztonoztek. William Teacher ujitasai nagy hatassal voltak a whisky iparra. 1913-ban, o talalta fel a "kezzel (onmagatol) nyithato" whisky-s uveget (amelynek kinyitasahoz mar nem volt szukseg dugohuzora), amely palackozasi eljarast a mai napig hasznalnak a Scotch malt whiskyk tobbsegenek gyartasa soran. Ugyancsak o volt, aki eloszor alkalmazta a "chill filtering" (hutve szureses) eljarast, amely a fogyasztok szamara szebbe, tisztabba teszi a palackozott whiskyt. Ezt az eljarast is a mai napig alkalmazzak az iparagban. A Teacher's whisky kulonlegesseget az is adja, hogy magasabb a malata whisky tartalma (45%) mint barmely mas blended skot whiskynek. Ezaltal sokkal teltebb, gazdagabb az izvilaga, amely igazan kedvere valik a hozzaertoknek. A Teacher's whisky 2005-ben unnepli 175. szuletesnapjat, igy varhato, hogy a marka iden elorukkol valamilyen kulonleges szuletesnapi "limited edition" sorozattal.