Why does makers mark spell whisky

There are two very simple reasons. The 2nd reason, and the more important one, is that we did not want to limit the conversation to just Kentucky Bourbon or American style whiskey. Just so we are clear, my first and favorite spirit choice will always be some form of Kentucky Bourbon, however as I have learned, there are so many different types of spirits labeled whisky from every part of the world.

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Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn. Check out my website. Similar conventions exist for "Irish whiskey", "Canadian whisky", and "bourbon whiskey". Sort of. Do you know of any others? According to this article from Whisky Magazine reproduced on the Maker's Mark website , it is spelled without an 'e' as a tribute to the Scottish-Irish ancestry of the Samuels family. Bill Samuel Sr started producing Maker's Mark in the s, and the family were distillers before then. And almost nobody uses the original spelling uisge , pronounced "ishka" anymore.

Alcohol by volume. Scotch whisky must be made in a manner specified by law. All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley.

Lagavulin distillery. Lagavulin distillery is a malt whisky distillery in the village of Lagavulin on the south of the island of Islay, Scotland. It distils spirit that is destined to become Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Do you capitalize Scotch when it's used singularly as a noun, or only in a proper name situation: Let's have a scotch. The Federal Standards of Identity for Bourbon stipulate what is and what isn't bourbon. The rest of the mash is usually filled out with malted barley and either rye or wheat.

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