Talk:Drambuie

message: This reads like an advertisement, not like an encyclopedia entry.  Seems to require significant rewriting. Dark12222000 (talk) 21:55, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: .

message: I notice the "history" section is a straight copy of the blurb on the bottle's label. Beside any copyright violation possibilities, isn't there anything better to do for an encyclopedic article than to repeat the company line? --Svartalf 08:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It also sounds like corporate folklore to me. Why would Prince Charles Edward be carrying around a liqueur recipe? --Michael K. Smith 02:29, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Making a liqeur and fortifying are not the same thing. And you can't fortify a spirit (you fortify a drink such as wine with a spirit. Drambuie was made because people liked the taste. According to the book Raw Spirit by Iain Banks, mixing whisky with honey and spices was simply the way it was drunk by the upper classes in the old days. Also, he states that there is some dispute around whether the Prince gave the MacKinnon family the recipe or whether they made use of the royal connection later on by inventing the tale. He cites another book (The Whisky Treasury by Walter schobert)- I'll have to see if I can get it at a library some time. Lurker (said · done) 13:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: How could MacKinnon, who received a recipe in 1746, have been around in "the late 19th century" to give it to Ross?  MacKinnon would have been over 100 years old.
The story is not only one of legend, it's very loosely woven.
--- OtherDave (talk) 17:18, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legendary gift 

message: I have removed the following:
:According to Hamish Dixon, a great grandson of James Ross...ref>Dixon, Hamish; The Skyeman; (2010); city unknown</ref
until a reliable source is provided for the claims.  Anyone? GenQuest "Talk to Me" 00:38, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: (That's not my note, but it doesn't belong in the body of the article either.)  GenQuest "Talk to Me" 01:06, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: A reliable source will have an ISBN number;  Also, publisher, publication date; and the page(s) in the book should be included; vanity publications are usually not allowed and may be considered spam. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 02:12, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Questionable statement and source removed

message: I work for William Grant & Sons as a Global Brand Ambassador for Drambuie in the global marketing department. As such I follow this page closely. I applaud the efforts of an editor to update the photo on this page and given the poor quality of the photo, I also applaud the decision to revert it. The reality is that we at the company are unhappy with this picture on this page. There is a high quality image of the current bottle that was created by a CGI agency for the company that we have the copyright for. It was specifically created to be put in the public domain since the packaging was updated in 2016.
If I upload this image to Wikimedia Commons will someone else upload it to the page? WGSFM (talk) 10:14, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: If it stays in commons a week or so and is in fact accepted, I will gladly put the picture in the article, provided no one objects or is opposed to using it.  See also, wp:COI.  Regards, GenQuest "scribble" 19:01, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, I appreciate the response. I am just confirming the copyright status to apply to the bottle image when uploading and will upload the file when this is done. I cannot think of any reason for objecting after this, as it will simply be a direct replacement in the same format to the image on the page, just in the current packaging, but let's see. WGSFM (talk) 14:06, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

text: I have had the bottle image listed as a media file for upload with the use rationale since 31/10/23 Wikipedia:Files for upload#Drambuie 70cl Bottle UK.jpg just waiting for an experienced user to review the request, thanks. WGSFM (talk) 16:51, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update to bottle shot image