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Whisky Information
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Whisky - The name is an English corruption of the ancient name for spirits "water of life" - which in Scottish and Irish Gaelic is "uisge beatha" or "usquebaugh" and sounded to the English ear like "uishgi" and hence "whisky".
Check this site for an excellent overview of the origins and manufactire of "the water of life".
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/glossary.html
The information below is courtesy of:
http://www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/index.htm
We have information on 125 distilleries in the Speyside, Highland, Islay, Campbeltown, Lowland and Island regions, some of them are silent or dismantled but most of the distilleries are still in operation.
The six 'Classic Malts', carefully selected to best represent each of the main whisky producing regions of Scotland. They embrace the full diversity of regional tastes and styles.
| Region |
Whisky |
| Islay |
Lagavulin |
| Campbelltown |
Oban |
| Highland |
Dalwhinnie |
| Lowland |
Glenkinchie |
| Speyside |
Cragganmore |
| Skye |
Talisker |
| SPEYSIDE ABERLOUR ALLT A'BHAINNE ARDMORE AULTMORE BALMENACH BENROMACH BALVENIE BENRIACH BENRINNES BRAEVAL CAPERDONICH CARDHU COLEBURN CONVALMORE CRAGGANMORE CRAIGELLACHIE DAILUAINE DALLAS DHU DALWHINNIE DUFFTOWN GLENALLACHIE GLENBURGIE GLENDRONACH GLENDULLAN GLEN ELGIN GLENFARCLAS GLENFIDDICH GLENGLASSAUGH GLEN GRANT GLEN KEITH THE GLENLIVET GLENLOSSIE GLENMHOR GLEN MORAY GLENROTHES GLEN SPEY GLENTAUCHERS IMPERIAL INCHGOWER KININVIE KNOCKANDO KNOCKDHU LlNKWOOD LONGMORN MACALLAN MACDUFF MANNOCHMORE MILTONDUFF MORTLACH PITTYVAICH ROYAL BRACKLA SPEYBURN DRUMGUISH STRATHISLA STRATHMILL TAMDHU TAMNAVULIN TOMATIN TOMINTOUL TORMORE |
HIGHLAND ABERFELDY AUCHROISK BALBLAIR BEN NEVIS BEN WYVIS BLAIR ATHOLL CLYNELISH DALMORE DEANSTON DRUMGUISH EDRADOUR FETTERCAIRN GLEN ALBYN GLENCADAM GLENESK GLENGARIOCH GLENGOYNE GLENMORANGIE GLEN ORD GLENTURRET GLENUGIE GLENURY.ROYAL LOCH LOMOND LOCHSIDE MILLBURN NORTH PORT OLD PULTENEY ROYAL LOCHNAGAR TEANINICH TULLIBARDINE |
ISLAY ARDBEG BOWMORE BRUICHLADDICH BUNNAHABHAIN CAOL ILA LAGAVULIN LAPHROAIG PORT ELLEN |
ISLAND ARRAN HIGHLAND PARK ISLE OF JURA SCAPA TALISKER TOBERMORY |
LOWLAND AUCHENTOSHAN BLADNOCH GLENKINCHIE GLEN FLAGLER INVERLEVEN KINCLAITH LADYBURN LlTTLEMILL ROSEBANK ST MAGDALENE |
CAMPBELTOWN GLEN SCOTIA OBAN SPRINGBANK GRAIN CALEDONIAN CAMBUS CAMERON BRIDGE DUMBARTON GIRVAN INVERGORDON NORTH BRITISH PORT DUNDAS |
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