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This is a list of whisky brands arranged by country of origin and style. Whisky (or whiskey) [ 1 ] is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash . Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley , malted barley , rye , malted rye, wheat , and corn .
Scotch whisky is divided into five distinct categories: single malt Scotch whisky, single grain Scotch whisky, blended malt Scotch whisky (formerly called "vatted malt" or "pure malt"), blended grain Scotch whisky, and blended Scotch whisky. [6] [7] Many Scotch whisky drinkers refer to a unit for drinking as a dram. [9]
A blend may contain whisky from many distilleries so that the blender can produce a flavour consistent with the brand. The brand name may, therefore, omit the name of a distillery. Most Scotch, Irish and Canadian whisky is sold as part of a blend, even when the spirits are the product of one distillery, as is common in Canada. [46]
Uisce beatha (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɪʃcə ˈbʲahə]), literally "water of life", is the name for whiskey in Irish. It is derived from the Old Irish uisce ("water") and bethu ("life"). [1] The Scottish equivalent is rendered uisge beatha. [2]
Nobody knows why aging improves a whisky; it is a remarkable fact that a fifteen-year-old Scotch contains exactly the same ingredients, in exactly the same proportions, as the raw spirit did.
Irish whiskey is a protected European Geographical Indication (GI) under Regulation (EC) No 110/2008. [37] As of 29 January 2016, production, labelling and marketing of Irish whiskey must be verified by the Irish revenue authorities as conforming with the Department of Agriculture's 2014 technical file for Irish whiskey. [38]
Knappogue Castle 12. This Irish whiskey brand does not have its own distillery, so it’s sourced from other established operations. The 12-year-old single malt is the anchor of the range, triple ...
Grains Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage; Barley: beer, barley wine: Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, gin, jenever (Central Europe), ginebra (Spain, Argentina, Philippines), shōchū (mugijōchū) (Japan), soju (Korea), baijiu (China)