Whiskey, sometimes spelt whisky, is any of several distilled alcoholic beverages produced from a fermented mash of cereal grains. These include the various whiskies produced in the United States as well as Scotch, Irish, and Canadian whiskies. Whiskey is always fermented in white oak or other types of wood. The name is derived from the Celtic usquebaugh (Irish uisce beathadh, Scots Gaelic uisge beatha, both versions of the Latin phrase aqua vitae, meaning “water of life”), which is spelt without an e by the Scots and Canadians and with an e in Ireland and the United States. The earliest direct evidence of whisky production dates to Scottish archives from 1494.
Due to variations in production techniques, types and personalities of cereal grains, and characteristics of the water used, each nation’s whiskies have a distinct style. Straight whiskies are consumed neat or combined only with spirits produced by the same distiller and period. Scotch and other similar products produced by various distillers over time are examples of blended whiskies. Blended whiskies can also be created by combining neutral whiskies, which don’t have any distinguishing flavour qualities, and straight whiskies (United States and Canada). Blends may contain trace amounts of other flavouring ingredients (like sherry or fruit juices). Some whiskies might have to be fermented for a specific amount of time under government supervision.
This blog shall be talking about various types of whiskies around the world
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