Whiskey (English: whiskey from Scottish Gaelic, or Irish whiskey from, fuisce) refers broadly to the category of fermented alcoholic beverages cereals are undergoing a method of mixed with water and heated, and therefore the results through a method of distillation before ripened with I kept in small picket barrels (sometimes oak).


Type whiskey made depends sorts of cereals are used as raw materials, namely barley, malt (barley that dikecambahkan), rye (rye), rye dikecambahkan, wheat, and corn. Whisky comes from the language Gaulia for "water" (uisce or uisge). In Scotland referred to as uisge-beatha, whereas in Ireland known as uisce beatha meaning "water of life". Both are connected to the Latin aqua vitae which also suggests that "water of life". Scot wrote it as an Irish whiskey while writing it as whiskey (plus the letter "e").

Note that the oldest of the whiskey comes from 1405 in Ireland, which tells the monks created whiskey. The same was recorded in Scotland in 1496. Nevertheless, the whiskey is estimated to have already got at least many hundred years earlier. At that time, whiskey is created in several places, and not recorded specifically. As a result, the year the first time whiskey created as well as place of birth is unknown. Furthermore, there is the chance of different teams of people who don't have anything to try to to with one another, separately discovered the distillation method.
Distillation kettle and keg Scotch

Historians estimate distilled liquor was first created between the 8th century and ninth century in the Middle East. Distillation technique was brought to Ireland and Britain by Christian monks. According to widespread legend, St. Patrick introduced distillation process in Ireland and Britain. Distillation method may be found within the Irish, or farmers in Britain who use the remains of cereals when harvest.