High spirits: Who drinks most vodka, gin, whisky and rum?
Posted: 18:33 Mon 17 Jun 2013
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Would they be using the legal definition of Scotch? In which case it really is very specific.RAYC wrote:unless their definition excludes the various American whiskey types
Also here.Wikipedia wrote:The Scotch Whisky Regulations (2009) define "Scotch whisky" as whisky that is:
Produced at a distillery in Scotland from water and malted barley (to which only whole grains of other cereals may be added) all of which have been:
- Processed at that distillery into a mash
- Converted at that distillery to a fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme systems
- Fermented at that distillery only by adding yeast
- Distilled at an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 94.8% (190 US proof)
- Wholly matured in an excise warehouse in Scotland in oak casks of a capacity not exceeding 700 litres (185 US gal; 154 imp gal) for at least three years
- Retaining the colour, aroma, and taste of the raw materials used in, and the method of, its production and maturation
- Containing no added substances, other than water and plain (E150A) caramel colouring
- Comprising a minimum alcoholic strength by volume of 40% (80 US proof)
If they are not using the legal definition of Scotch Whisky, then India would surely also be higher....?djewesbury wrote:Would they be using the legal definition of Scotch? In which case it really is very specific.RAYC wrote:unless their definition excludes the various American whiskey types
Ahem. Those are Bourbon, not "Scotch Whisky." They taste nothing like Scotch; rather their flavor profile is more closely aligned with Irish Whiskey. Including Bourbon in a category called "Scotch Whisky" would likely be considered an act of war across most of the South.RAYC wrote:I have trouble believing the figures for US on "Scotch Whisky" unless their definition excludes the various American whiskey types
Much Scotch whisky is matured in ex-Bourbon casks.Glenn E. wrote:Including Bourbon in a category called "Scotch Whisky" would likely be considered an act of war across most of the South.
But "Bourbon" in not the only type of American whiskey... And doesn't the most famous brand refuse to be called "Bourbon"?!Glenn E. wrote:Ahem. Those are Bourbon, not "Scotch Whisky." They taste nothing like Scotch; rather their flavor profile is more closely aligned with Irish Whiskey. Including Bourbon in a category called "Scotch Whisky" would likely be considered an act of war across most of the South.RAYC wrote:I have trouble believing the figures for US on "Scotch Whisky" unless their definition excludes the various American whiskey types
It might have a large share of the premium market your employer hopefully not accommodating you in the nastiest B&Bs without capturing much of the market you avoid.DRT wrote:Given the shelf space it is given in every international airport and almost every bar in the world that I have ever visited
Canadians aside*, it is rather interesting that the two whiskeys have similar flavor profiles that differ from whisky. This appears to be coincidence.djewesbury wrote:Very true. (Your spelling made me check my facts; I had thought 'whiskey' was peculiar to Ireland. I was wrong.)
Campbeltown whiskies used to have sesquiduplicate distillation, in that half was distilled twice and half thrice. Might still be true.Glenn E. wrote:as a general rule! Scotch Whisky is double distilled
The opposite - the Irish and Americans are the outliers when it comes to spelling...at least when spelt in English...DRT wrote:Does Scotch have a monopoly on "Whisky" - other than when mis-used by ex-French colonialists?
