whisky, n.Trivia

Jack Daniels was taught by a slave, Nearest Green, how to make whiskey and is now credited as the first master distiller.

Canadian whisky was once known as ‘brown vodka’.

Whiskey is one of the basic ingredients of Tabasco.

Nikola Tesla drank whisky every day, thinking it would make him live for 150 years.

Whiskey' replaced 'William' in the NATO phonetic alphabet in 1956

Whisky in Gaelic reads ‘uisge beathe’, which means ‘water of life’.

Most Whiskey is made in Bourbon barrels.

John ‘Johnnie’ Walker was a grocer in Scotland (mid-1800s) who specialised in blending tea before he decided to start blending whisky.

The Glenfiddich bottle is triangular in shape to represent the three pillars of whisky making: air, water and barley.

A large oak tree yields only enough wood for three 60-gallon casks.

In 1956, Whiskey came to replace William in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Glenfiddich means ‘valley of the deer’.

Whiskey is the official state beverage of Alabama.

Single malt is not single cask. Rather, it’s the product of a single distillery.

Whisky exports (Scotch) account for over 20 per cent of all UK food and drink exports (2019)

Scotland has almost four casks of whisky per citizen.

Whisky flavor is highly dependent on the shape of the still it is distilled in

Every cask of Whisky has been used before. It has contained Bourbon, Sherry, Port, Rum or even wine among other possible spirits.

Tabasco Sauce is fermented for three years in used Jack Daniel's Whiskey barrels before bottling.

France is the world’s leading importer of scotch whisky