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WATER OF LIFESCOTCH WHISKY
AgendaEtymologyHistoryHow its madeRegions & characteristics
English words / Gaelic roots
PET: from Scots peata meaning tame animal
English words / Gaelic roots
(First recorded use c. 1500 for indulged child, then c. 1530 for animal kept as a favourite)
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SLOGAN: from sluagh-ghairm = battle cry
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BOG: From boglach which means soft
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TROUSERS: From triubhas > trouze which means close fitting shorts
English words / Gaelic roots
"A jellous wife was like a trouze, alwayes close to a mans tayle" [1630]
English words / Gaelic roots
WHISKY: short form of whiskybea, from uisge-beatha meaning water of life
Brief history
1495 earliest record of distillation in Scotland: King orders 1,500 bottles
To Friar John Cor, by order of the King, to make aqua vitae, VIII bolls of malt.
Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, 1June 1495
Brief history
1644 whisky production taxed by the crown, causing rise in illicit production across the country until 1780 records show around 8 legal distilleries and around 400 illegal ones existed
Brief history
1823 restrictions on production were eased by parliament to promote growth of legal distilleries
Brief history
1880 Phylloxera bug destroyed wine production in France, boosting popularity of whisky
How is whisky made?
Whisky regions
Whisky characteristics
Regions & characteristics
smokyrichlightlight / richdelicate
Whisky tasting the right way
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