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Published: June 3, 2012
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Okay then, enough already about castles, battles, and dead people. Let’s get serious and learn about something important. Scotch! Where it came from, how it’s made, and of course, the proper method for consuming this nectar of the peat bogs.
The word whiskey comes from the Gaelic usquebaugh which means Water of Life. Over time the pronunciation evolved into usky then, with the influence of the English, whisky. Whether called Scotch Whisky, Scotch, or Whisky (as opposed to Whiskey) the water of life has found a market around the world.
Scotch is exclusively Scottish. The term is internationally protected by Scotland. For whisky to be called Scotch it MUST be made in Scotland. Scotch cannot be made anywhere else in the world but at home in Scotland. Other countries may produce what is called whiskey but not Scotch whisky.
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