Whiskey
Both Ireland and Scotland claim to have given birth to whiskey but Scotland has the first evidence of whisky production comes from an entry in the Exchequer Rolls for 1494 where malt is sent “To Friar John Cor, by order of the king, to make aquavitae”, enough to make about 500 bottles. The term ‘whisky’ derives originally from the Gaelic ‘uisge beatha’, or ‘usquebaugh’, meaning ‘water of life’. Gaelic is that branch of Celtic spoken in the Highlands of Scotland. Through out the timeline of Continue reading “History of Hard Liquor (Whiskey & Vodka)”
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