July 13, 2016

THE SECRET HISTORY OF DISTILLERY CATS

One place you should actually be happy to see a cat: a whiskey/whisky distillery. (For ease of usage, we’ll just go forward with the “e” spelling, and refer all hateful commentary to our Customer Service Department.) Cats are a fairly common feature in a distillery—and not because someone decided to let everything just go to hell. They serve a purpose; in fact, their oldest purpose, beyond variously cursing and protecting ancient Egyptians: they eat mice.