Whiskies  (English, Paperback, unknown)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 140. Not illustrated. Chapters: Whisky, Moonshine, List of Whisky Brands, Single Malt Whisky, Michael Jackson, Jim Murray, Finnish Whisky, Master of Malt, International Whisky Competition, Welsh Whisky, Minnesota 13, Lincoln County Process, Grain Whisky, Penderyn, German Whisky, American Whiskey, Pure Pot Still Whiskey, Sour Mash, Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Blended Whiskey, Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's, Cask Strength, Bagpiper Whisky, Mackmyra Whisky, Duncan Taylor, Seagram's Seven Crown, Whiskey Thief, Lotoko, Master Blender, Finishing, Corn Whiskey, Vatted Malt, Frysk Hynder, Viscimetry, Uisce Beatha, the Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, David Stewart, Hankey Bannister, Red Rose Whisky. Excerpt: Whisky (Scots English) or whiskey (Irish English) is a type of alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize (corn). Whisky is aged in wooden casks, made generally of white oak, except that in the United States corn whiskey need not be aged. Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many competing denominations of origin and many classes and types. The unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation to less than 95% alcohol, and aging in wood. Whisky is a shortened form of usquebaugh, which English borrowed from Gaelic (Irish uisce beatha and Scottish uisge beatha). This compound descends from Old Irish uisce, water, and bethad, of life and meaning literally water of life. It meant the same thing as the Latin aqua vtae which had been applied to distilled drinks since early 14th century. Other early spellings include usquebea (1706) and iskie bae (1583). In the Irish Annals of Clonmacnoise in 1405, the first written record of ...