Scotch Whiskey facts
While investigating facts about Scotch Whiskey Brands and Scotch Whiskey Experience, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 2007 workers in Antarctica discovered several perfectly preserved crates of Scotch Whiskey left behind by Ernest Shackleton in 1909.
how scotch whiskey is made?
Both "Whisky" and "Whiskey" spellings are correct. Whisky is specific to Scotch whisky, and Whiskey is Irish
What scotch whiskey made from?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what is the difference between scotch and whiskey. Here are 12 of the best facts about Scotch Whiskey Cocktails and Scotch Whiskey Regions I managed to collect.
what's scotch whiskey?
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The oldest Scotch whiskey ever bottled was Glenlivet 70 Year Old, 1940 Vintage, Gordon & MacPhail Generations. It sold for $30,000.
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The most expensive bottle of whiskey ever sold was a 60 year old Macallan Scotch whiskey. That works out to be about $60,000 a glass.
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Radiation is being used to create red grapefruit, disease-resistant cocoa and premium barley for Scotch whiskey
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Irish whiskey used to be the most popular variety in the world, beating even Scotch.
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Mt. Dew was originally a nineteenth-century generic term for whiskey, especially Highland Scotch whiskey.
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The composer Igor Stravinsky once said, “My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.”
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Expensive whiskey is artificially colored with a flavorless additive known as E150a which is legally allowed in the production of Scotch.
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You can't just *make* Scotch whiskey... by definition (and law?) it has to be made in Scotland
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Nick Offerman has a YouTube channel devoted to shorts about whiskey. The holiday special is just him drinking scotch, silently, for 44 minutes.
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Out of 55 bottles of different rare scotch whiskies, bought from random auctions and stores, a third of them turned out to be fake. It is estimated that £41M worth of rare whiskey in the secondary market is fake.
