| She appreciates a handsome face, a courteous gesture, and the occasional swig of aqua vitae. |
| In Latin it is aqua vitae, in Gaelic it is uisge beatha and, to you and me, it's whisky. |
| These outlaws made aqua vitae available to a populace disgusted by its sobriety. |
| The aqua vitae created by alchemists remained a scientific curiosity, a substance not easily assimilated into regular diet. |
| However, the first written record appears in the Exchequer Rolls of 1494, noting that a certain Friar Cor was in possession of eight bolls of malt to produce aqua vitae. |
| This book even shows the origins of aqua vitae, akvavit and usquebaugh, all very important substances today! |
