history: I want to start drinking something that puts some real hair on your chest. Some some whisky will do that for you. I want some background on it first, though. Where can you start me off?
knowledge: Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash.
response: Well to start, whiskey is a type of distilled alcohol made from fermented grain mash.
history: I want to start drinking something that puts some real hair on your chest. Some some whisky will do that for you. I want some background on it first, though. Where can you start me off?
Well to start, whiskey is a type of distilled alcohol made from fermented grain mash.
Fermented grain mash.. sounds tasty! What are a couple of the major key points you think are interesting about it to a potential consumer?
knowledge: Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.
response: It's aged in wood casks, usually charred white oak.
history: I want to start drinking something that puts some real hair on your chest. Some some whisky will do that for you. I want some background on it first, though. Where can you start me off?
Well to start, whiskey is a type of distilled alcohol made from fermented grain mash.
Fermented grain mash.. sounds tasty! What are a couple of the major key points you think are interesting about it to a potential consumer?
It's aged in wood casks, usually charred white oak.
Yeah, I think you always hear about that in the commercials and such. What's something more obscure?
knowledge: Under Scotch Whisky Regulations, a ''Single Malt Scotch Whisky'' must be made exclusively from malted barley (although the addition of E150A caramel colouring is allowed), must be distilled using pot stills at a single distillery, and must be aged for at least three years in oak casks of a capacity not exceeding .
response: There are regulations for when Scotch Whisky can be called single malt, which are that it can only be made from malted barley, it has to be distilled in pot stills at one distillery, and it must be aged in oak casks of a certain capacity for at least three years.
history: I want to start drinking something that puts some real hair on your chest. Some some whisky will do that for you. I want some background on it first, though. Where can you start me off?
Well to start, whiskey is a type of distilled alcohol made from fermented grain mash.
Fermented grain mash.. sounds tasty! What are a couple of the major key points you think are interesting about it to a potential consumer?
It's aged in wood casks, usually charred white oak.
Yeah, I think you always hear about that in the commercials and such. What's something more obscure?
There are regulations for when Scotch Whisky can be called single malt, which are that it can only be made from malted barley, it has to be distilled in pot stills at one distillery, and it must be aged in oak casks of a certain capacity for at least three years.
Oh okay, I didn't realize there were things you HAD to do. I guess that makes sense, to not have it be so ambiguous.
knowledge: The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels.
response: That's an interesting thought. Typically, all whiskey or whisky is fermented from grains, distilled, and aged in wood barrels.
history: I want to start drinking something that puts some real hair on your chest. Some some whisky will do that for you. I want some background on it first, though. Where can you start me off?
Well to start, whiskey is a type of distilled alcohol made from fermented grain mash.
Fermented grain mash.. sounds tasty! What are a couple of the major key points you think are interesting about it to a potential consumer?
It's aged in wood casks, usually charred white oak.
Yeah, I think you always hear about that in the commercials and such. What's something more obscure?
There are regulations for when Scotch Whisky can be called single malt, which are that it can only be made from malted barley, it has to be distilled in pot stills at one distillery, and it must be aged in oak casks of a certain capacity for at least three years.
Oh okay, I didn't realize there were things you HAD to do. I guess that makes sense, to not have it be so ambiguous.
That's an interesting thought. Typically, all whiskey or whisky is fermented from grains, distilled, and aged in wood barrels.
What's the coolest fact about it that you want to leave me with?
knowledge: This was translated to Old Irish as ' (''water of life''), which became ' in Irish and '''' in Scottish Gaelic.
response: I couldn't say if it's the coolest fact, but the word "whisky" ultimately comes from an Old Irish word meaning "water of life".