what is the difference between scotch and whisky?
2006-09-04 11:08:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Only Scotch Whiskey is made in Scotland. Other Whiskeys are not.
2006-09-04 11:10:20 · answer #1 · answered by mamaloo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whisky is a liquor produced by distilling an ale made from malted barley. The distillate is then aged in oak casks for a period of time up to the distiller.
Scotch is a whisky where the water, malt, and barley (usually dried over peat moss) are all from Scotland and where the distillation (typically in a copper "pot" style still) and casking is also done in Scotland.
The term 'whisky' derives from the Gaelic language, one of the ancient tongues of Scotland and Ireland. 'Usquebaugh', translated, means water of life.
2006-09-06 23:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by Jesse 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scotch is basically a subset of whisky, similar to Irish whisky or Bourbon. There are two main varieties of Scotch: single malt and blended. Single malts come from a single distillery and blends consist of whiskies from more than one distillery.
2006-09-04 15:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by Peter K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Scotch" is short for Scotch Whisky, produced in Scotland. It doesn't mean that every Whisky is Scotch. For example there is Rye Whisky as well...
2006-09-04 11:15:19 · answer #4 · answered by Tenski 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scotch is Scottish whisky (pls note the spelling), it is only spelt whiskey in Ireland and America. It has a different texture and taste and is brewed differently from different materials to other whiskeys including America, rye, bourbon, scotch and of course your Irish.
2016-03-26 22:08:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally (by treaty) Scotch whiskey must be made in Scotland. Similarly, tequila must be made in Mexico. Traditionally, bourbon is made in or near the Bourbon region of Kentucky.
Practically, Scotch whiskey has a characteristic, unique smoky flavor because of how the malt is roasted: over open peat fires.
2006-09-04 11:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mark V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scotch is a type of whiskey made in Scotland. Try it. It's just like drinking your most awful medicine when you were a kid, only ten times worse. It is singularly the most horrible tasting liquor on the shelf.
Chow!!
2006-09-04 11:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that these are similar, but scotch is a drink from Scotland, more "original" than Whiskeys in general...
2006-09-04 11:13:20 · answer #8 · answered by Ana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whisky is Scotch. Whiskey is everything else, like bourbon and rye.
2006-09-04 12:50:10 · answer #9 · answered by ironbrew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scotch, is whiskey made in Scotland, and Whiskey, is a type of Scotch made in America; don't get drunk now.
2006-09-04 11:17:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋