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The word whisky (or whiskey) is an anglicisation of the Classical Gaelic word uisce (or uisge) meaning "water" (now written as uisce in Modern Irish, and uisge in Scottish Gaelic). This Gaelic word shares its ultimate origins with Germanic water and Slavic voda of the same meaning. Distilled alcohol was known in Latin as aqua vitae ("water of ...
English whisky. Scotch whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha na h-Alba; Scots: whisky/whiskie [ˈʍɪski] or whusk (e)y [ˈʍʌski]), [1] often simply called whisky or Scotch, is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two) made in Scotland. The first known written mention of Scotch whisky is in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland of 1494. [2]
English whisky (whiskey [b]) is a liquor made from cereal grains, malt and water. [7] [8] This includes malt whisky and grain whisky.[9] [10]Although England is not well known for whisky production, distillers operated in London, Liverpool and Bristol until the late 19th century, after which production of English single malt whisky ceased until 2003. [2]
Welsh whisky. Irish whiskey (Irish: Fuisce or uisce beatha) is whiskey made on the island of Ireland. The word 'whiskey' (or whisky) comes from the Irish uisce beatha, meaning water of life. [1][2][3] Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world, though a long period of decline from the late 19th century onwards greatly damaged ...
The original grain spirit, whisky (or whiskey in Hiberno-English) and its specific origins are unknown but the distillation of whisky has been performed in Ireland and Scotland for centuries. The first confirmed written record of whisky comes from 1405 in Ireland, the production of whisky from malted barley is first mentioned in Scotland in an ...
Johnnie Walker (Scottish Gaelic: Seonaidh Walker) is a brand of Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland.It was established in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire in 1820, and continued to be produced and bottled at the town's Hill Street plant, once the world's largest bottling plant, [1] until its closure in 2012, a decision announced by Diageo in 2009 which would bring the ...
Welsh whisky (Welsh: wisgi Cymreig) is liquor made from malt, grain and water that is produced in Wales. [1] There are currently two types of Welsh whisky Malt Whisky and Grain Whisky [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Welsh whisky
Single malt Scotch. A glass of Bowmore 12-year-old single malt Scotch whisky. Single malt Scotch refers to single malt whisky made in Scotland. [1][2] To qualify for this category, a whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery using a pot still distillation process [3][4] and made from a mash of malted barley.