Day 9- Good Whisky is Scottish Whisky ♥

Hello everyone! Today we arevisiting The Scotch Whisky Experience museum in Edinburgh.

Our guide will describe for us the main product of Scotland- Whisky.

Whisky- is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash.  Whisky is typically aged in wooden barrels, generally made of charred white oak.

Types of Whiskies:

·        Malt Whisky- made from malted barley

·        Grain Whisky- made from grain

This types are combined in various ways:

·        Single malt whisky

·        Blended malt whisky

·        Blended Whisky

Scotch Whisky

"Scotch" is the internationally recognized term for ''Scotch Whisky''

Scotch whiskies are generally distilled twice, although some are distilled a third time and others even up to twenty times. Scotch Whisky Regulations require anything bearing the label "Scotch" to be distilled in Scotland and matured for a minimum of three years in oak casks, among other, more specific criteria.

Scotch malt whiskies are divided into five main regions:

·        Highland

·        Lowland

·        Islay

·        Speyside

·        Campbeltown

Examples of Scotch Whiskies:

·        Chivas Regal

·        Ballentine's

·        Grant's

·        Jim Beam