Scottish Whisky

SwerBan | 22:13 Thu 23rd Jun 2011 | Drinks

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How many Scottish Whisky's are there? Why Scotland? Is it the water?

Any Dubonnet drinkers?

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MarkRae

Whiskies, you mean? Dozens. And it is indeed the water. In fact, the word 'whisky' itself comes from the Gaelic 'uisge beatha', meaning 'water of life'.

annie0000

here you go!:

How many brands of Scotch Whisky are there?

More than 2,500 brands of Scotch Whisky are sold all over the world, of which as many as 200 are available in the home market. Many of them are sold only locally or to private clubs and individuals.

Buenchico

There are 320 listed here:
http://scotchwhiskydi...beticalwhiskylist.htm

See here to see how many distilleries there are:
http://www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/

Scotland has a climate well-suited to growing barley (but less so to growing hops for beer, or grapes for wine), so it's unsurprising that someone there worked out how to use barley to make a beautiful drink ;-)

Chris

MarkRae

Air do shlàinte, a Chris!

Buenchico

Slàinte agad-sa, Mark ;-)

MarkRae

Ah, Chris, so close... ;-)

Buenchico

Click the 'Edit' tab then, Mark ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sl%C3%A1inte

boxtops

There are NO scottish whisky, there are 320 Scotch whisky...

MarkRae

LOL! No need to do that... It is, however, that Gaelic has a vocative case, like Latin, Greek etc.

And, in Gaelic, my name is Marc. However, when you are calling me by name to my face (i.e. the vocative case), it's "a Mhairc"... ;-)

In fact, if independence comes and I can have a Scottish passport, my name will be Marc MacUilleim.