India is a country where people consume more whiskey than any other liquor. Having over 1.2 billion people population this is a surprising fact that India drinks over three times more whiskey than any other country in a huge manner. India consumed 1.548 billion liters of whiskey till now more than even America which has consumed measly 462 million liters.
But here are some more things related to whiskey :-
1) Only the Irish and Americans spell it as whiskey, the rest of the world including Scotland and India spell it as whisky.
2) The main ingredient in making whisky is mostly barley in Scotland; mostly grained in Ireland; corn and rye in US and Canada. The mass selling Indian whiskies are made from molasses, a by-product in the refining of sugarcane juice.
3) Blended Scotch is the most popular Scotch in the world, making up for 90 % of worldwide Scotch sales. It is a made by mixing malt whiskies with grain whiskies from different distilleries in Scotland in a proportion determined by an expert at the company called the Master Blender. Among the more famous Blended Scotch whiskies in the world are Johnnie Walker, Black & White, J&B, Dimple, Bell’s, Vat 69 and Haig.
4) Blended Grain Scotch refers to whisky that is a blend of two or more single grain Scotch whiskies from different distilleries.
5) There is also something called Single-barrel Scotch. It is a rare product, made from whisky taken from a single barrel. It is not mixed with whisky from other sources.
6) The best malt whiskies are aged in oak casks between 10 to 20 years, while grain whiskies are ideally aged between 4 to 10 years.
7) Whisky is usually colorless when it comes out of the distillery. The color comes largely from the wooden casks in which it is aged. Scotch and Irish whiskies are mostly aged in used Bourbon and Sherry casks made from oak. American whiskies by law are produced in new charred oak casks.
8) Experts say that whisky should be drunk out of a tulip shaped glass because it helps concentrate the aroma. They recommend four steps to enjoying a good whisky to the fullest: `swirl’ it in the glass to allow the whisky to breathe; `smell’ to enjoy the aroma before tasting; `sip’ rather than drink it in shots; and finally `savor’ the aftertaste that a good whisky leaves behind. Like our Patiala peg, the popular term for a shot of whisky in Scotland is the `wee dram’.
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