Scotch whisky is quite different than most other distilled grain spirits. First of all, it has its own spelling. Except for Scotch, the spelling is “whiskey”. In the case of Scotch, it is “whisky”. I do not know if that is a Gaelic thing, but it is true. Likewise, the plural of “whisky” is “whiskies”, whilst the plural of “whiskey” is “whiskeys”. Actually, these distinctions are at best approximate, as some American brands of things that are not Scotch call themselves “whisky”. But Scotch is almost always spelt “whisky”.
Actually, I am not sure if “Scotch” should even be the name for it. Some of them call themselves “Scots’ Whisky”. That might be a better way of saying it.
Now for the Geeky stuff. Follow with me for several hundreds of years?
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