Talk:Scotch whisky

message: It implies that this is "the" Scotch and should probably not be used if an unmarked Glencairn, other tumbler, or nosing glass could be used. It looks bad anyway with its white background in the slightly darker box.
Some alternatives: , , , 
--79.202.110.26 (talk) 17:21, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks and agree, personally preferring image #4 (for choosing images, one can dispute if scotch should be consumed with ice! ;>) --Zefr (talk) 17:33, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

text: Picturing a Glencairn glass could be construed as an endorsement of Glencairn. Personally, I would suggest a simple rocks glass (without the ice). —BarrelProof (talk) 23:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also agreed, Glencairn is probably not a good idea. I've just spent half an hour looking for suitable images that are properly licensed and certain to show actual Scotch, not generic whisk(e)y or a mock-up fluid, but it turns out harder than I thought. I'll keep an eye open. --79.202.110.26 (talk) 13:44, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

text:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/dvanzuijlekom/9339930772 is CC BY-SA 2.0 of a tumbler with neat Scotch. I could crop that if it's agreed to be suitable. Maybe someone could ask the photographer about the brand for the Wikimedia commons details? I personally don't have a Flickr account. --79.202.110.26 (talk) 13:59, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks good to me (no expertise on copyright or Tumblr though). —BarrelProof (talk) 15:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

text: I found a non-branded photo in the Single malt whisky article (see at right below), and replaced the one in the article with it. —BarrelProof (talk) 05:21, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Representative image should not show a branded glass 

message: The paragraph on Labelling in the Wikipedia article on Scotch Whisky runs like so : A Scotch whisky label comprises several elements that indicate aspects of production, age, bottling, and ownership. Some of these elements are regulated by the SWR,[7] and some reflect tradition and marketing.[8] The spelling of the term "whisky" is often debated by journalists and consumers. Scottish, English, Welsh, Australian and Canadian whiskies use "whisky", Irish whiskies use "whiskey", while American and other styles vary in their spelling of the term.[9] The references are to MacLean 2010 (7 & 8)and Jackson 2010 (9) resp.
There have been many new entrants to the Whisky market this last decade. Nick Hines, in an article titled Why Is Whiskey Spelled Differently in Different Countries? makes a few interesting observationshttps://vinepair.com/articles/difference-whiskey-vs-whisky/:
* It all comes down to location, i.e. the United States and Ireland spell it “whiskey,” while the rest of the world spells it “whisky.” 
* One good tool to remember: Countries with an “e” in their name (United States, Ireland) use the “e” while countries without an “e” (Scotland, Japan, India) do not.
* Ireland and Scotland were the first countries to produce whiskey(?), or “uisge beatha” (water of life), pronounced ooishke baa.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kpoZWU7Sf0. Over time, it became known as whiskey. In the Irish dialect, that meant an “ey” to end the word, and in the Scottish dialect that meant only a “y.”
* Colonisation: Places colonised by the English ( nearly half the world) drew their whisky knowledge from the whisky they were sent, which was primarily Scotch.
* In 1791, the U.S. govt officially passed the 1791 Excise Whiskey Tax that led to 1794’s Whiskey Rebellion. This marked the birth of the added 'e' in whisky, making it whiskey.
* The influx of Irish immigrants to the U.S. due to famine in the 1800s led to a larger Irish than Scottish influence in America. Whiskey! Scotland and England maintained sway over how the rest of the whisky-drinking world spelled the spirit. Whisky!
Perhaps a couple of countries could be added to the list, though they are not covered by MacLean and Jackson. Moitraanak (talk) 19:11, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: All of this "e or no e" stuff is myth and urban legend with no basis, as is already covered at the whisky article. It certainly doesn't belong in this article, which is specifically about scotch whisky and should talk about the spelling of Irish whiskey at all (btw, the Irish used the no-E spelling too historically, which is why the whole thing is a load of nonsense. oknazevad (talk) 19:21, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

text: There are several errors in this section. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has made some changes in the Scotch Whisky  Regulations 2009 (SWR)   effective 2019.  The spelling of the term whisky is often debated by journalists and consumers. Scotland and almost every country colonised by the British in their heydays still spell it whisky, whereas Ireland, Peru and Mexico spell it whiskey and the principal importer of Scotch whisky, the USA, mostly spells it whiskey. This line: "In addition to requiring that Scotch whisky be distilled in Scotland, the SWR requires that it also be bottled and labelled in Scotland," is incorrect. The Scotch Whisky Association mandates that single malt whiskies be distilled, matured, bottled and labelled in Scotland. Blended Scotch whisky, however, may be bottled by an importer, who will then indicate on the label and carton the country of bottling and labelling and the date of bottling, among other marketing details. This was an extremely effective marketing ploy to circumvent the levy of steep import duty. Moitraanak (talk) 21:05, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

text: The writer has evidently understood that the spirit while maturing in the cask may not be called anything other than 'new make.' Only when the cask is finally opened at or after three years can its contents be called whisky. This clarification should come in some other section. So also the fact that the term Scotch has a history in itself. Gavin Smith notes in his book A-Z of Whisky(3rd edition)  Cite book |year=2009 |title=The A-Z OF WHISKY|Publisher ‏: ‎ Angel's Share; 3rd edition| location=Glasgow, United Kingdom| access-date=12 October 2021 |author-last Smith |author-first Gavin |isbn= 1906476039 | "The first use of Scotch with the sense of specifically relating to whisky occurs in 1855, 'while malt liquors give our Scotch and Irish whiskies,'” thus dating the origin of the term 'Scotch' as definitive of Scotch whisky.Moitraanak (talk) 16:41, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

text: In my opinion, "Scotch and Irish whiskies" is not clearly using "Scotch" as a noun. It could simply be a pair of adjectives attached to the same noun, like "black and white stripes" for a zebra. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 23:37, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labelling 

message: Consider these lines (1) Between the 1760s and the 1830s a substantial unlicensed trade originated from the Highlands, forming a significant part of the region's export economy. In 1782, more than 1,000 illegal stills were seized in the Highlands: these can only have been a fraction of those in operation. This needs review. Gavin D. Smith, writing in the Whisky Magazine, Issue 19, says that there were more than 14,000 detections of illicit operations in 1823. {{Cite web|title= Elusive and illicit Speyside spirit| Whisky magazine Issue 19|name-last=Smith|name-first=Gavin D|url=https://whiskymag.com/story/elusive-and-illicit-speyside-spirit| access-date=15 October 15, 2021| 
(2) A farmer, George Smith, working under landlord the Duke of Gordon, was the first person in Scotland[19] to take out a licence for a distillery under the new Act, founding the Glenlivet Distillery in 1824, to make single malt Scotch. // This is correct, but there could be some emphasis on the fact that The Glenlivet was the first to open after the 1823 Act was published. The first legal distillery in Scotland, Ferintosh, accounted for two-thirds of the whisky produced in the country by the late 1760s.  {{Cite web|title= THE FORBES FAMILY OF FERINTOSH|scotchwhisky.com|author-last= Wilson| author-first=Neil|url= https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/whisky-heroes/19844/the-forbes-family-of-ferintosh/ access-date=15 October 15, 2021|
(3) Second, there was a shortage of wine, brandy, and cognac in France, significant by 1880, due to the phylloxera bug, a parasitic insect, destroying many of the wine vines. This is incomplete. They were actually struck by three tragic malaises that would cripple the wine industry, and its related brandy industry. The first blow was Odium in 1863, a fungus that causes powdery mildew on grapes and originated in North America. The disease was crippling, but not devastating; it would significantly reduce wine production. This mildew was being brought under control when, in 1868, the second wave of insect-borne lice struck the weakened industry. This was the Phylloxera epidemic, caused by an aphid, or the grape louse, which attacked and destroyed the roots of the domesticated grapevines in Europe. What followed was a catastrophe. In 1883, “Downy” mildew was the third tragedy to hit the European wine industry, which came while the French were still looking for a cure for Phylloxera. The industry recovered in about a lustrum thereafter. But the damage had been done.Cite book |year=2015|title=Scotch Whisky: It's History, Production and Appreciation| Publisher ‏: Antioch Downs Press| location=California, United States| access-date=15 November 2020| author-last Micallef |author-first Joe |isbn= 0994757115 | 
TBC
Moitraanak (talk) 13:56, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Corrections To History In The Article 

message: The list of brands here is prone to WP:SPAMBAIT, as another brand was just added to the list. I think two or three examples is sufficient. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 17:34, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam bait at Blended section