Whisky or whiskey ?

Irishmen spell it « whiskey » to differentiate themselves from the Scottish spirit…

For a good Irish whiskey, you need 7 days and 7 years: 7 days for the distillation, 7 years for the maturation…

The major part of the malt whisky production is used in blends. Only a tiny proportion will be sold as “Single Malt” whisky.

A blended Scotch whisky may include up to 50 grain and malt whiskies.

A blend is obtained by combination of 15 to 50 whiskies following a recipe kept secret by the distillery.

A luxury blend mostly contains very old malt.

It is a blend of whiskies of various ages originating from the same distillery, without addition of grain whiskey.

Single Malt refers to malt whisky originating from the same distillery.