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<p>[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 419001, member: 6974"]According to my nephew who is 30, has nearly 100 bottles of "whiskey" in his collection, has completed several whiskey appreciation courses and buys whiskey from around the world: Whiskey is basically a big umbrella and each individual country has similar but different requirements for a spirit to be called whiskey. In Scotland, whiskey has to be barrel aged for a minimum of 3 years while in Australia 2 years before it can be sold as whiskey.</p><p>In Ireland, the spirit has to be triple distilled whereas Scotland only requires 2 distillations.</p><p>In America, they have Bourbon Whiskey, and for this classification, it needs to have 51% or more corn maze rather than just wheat. However, America also has rye whiskey (and I guess others) which isn't bourbon.</p><p>So there you have it. Confused? Where's the Scotch? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 419001, member: 6974"]According to my nephew who is 30, has nearly 100 bottles of "whiskey" in his collection, has completed several whiskey appreciation courses and buys whiskey from around the world: Whiskey is basically a big umbrella and each individual country has similar but different requirements for a spirit to be called whiskey. In Scotland, whiskey has to be barrel aged for a minimum of 3 years while in Australia 2 years before it can be sold as whiskey. In Ireland, the spirit has to be triple distilled whereas Scotland only requires 2 distillations. In America, they have Bourbon Whiskey, and for this classification, it needs to have 51% or more corn maze rather than just wheat. However, America also has rye whiskey (and I guess others) which isn't bourbon. So there you have it. Confused? Where's the Scotch? :):):dead:[/QUOTE]
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