Whisky or Whiskey? And Origins
If we talk about the origination of Whisky, there ain’t any certain answer to that, but there are claims for it. Scottish and Irish have their claims to be the land where whisky was born.
There are stories surrounding it which claims that Irish brought the art of distillation to Scotland and the Scottish ran with it, and on the other hand there’s a story that says, the first reference of whisky that was recorded was in Exchequer Rolls of 1494. According to this story, the malt was sent to a guy named Friar John Cor to produce aquavitae (meaning, water of life), and thus the Scots claim.

Notwithstanding, the difference between Whisky and Whiskey isn’t just of a letter, but there’s more to it. It is clear that the whisky first came to be introduced to the world by either Scots or Irish, but the original scotch whisky spelled ‘Whisky’ and so as to differ themselves, the American Bourbon, they added an extra ‘E’ to whisky, making it ‘Whiskey’. Now if you notice, its ‘Whisky’ for scotch and ‘Whiskey’ for Irish and American Bourbon. Apart from this, there’s a difference in the make as well. Scotch is made of malted barley, while the Bourbon distilled from corns and the Irish is distilled from grains.
In England, if you ask for whisky, you will be served with scotch, in Ireland you will be served with Irish whiskey and in America you will be served with bourbon.
There are several more nations producing whiskeys now, with Japanese being one of the most significant other than the Scottish, Irish and Americans, however India being the largest consumer of whisky/whiskey in the world. India also has its own whiskey brands, the first single malt being produced in India is ‘Amrut‘, that came into existence in 2004.
This is so informative. I never knew about all this! Thanks for the wonderful information 😊
Its great Information about whiskey.
I think the origin is Scotland,
The best part about this post is that it is very informative. I sincerely didn’t knew that they serve bourbon in America if we ask fir whiskey
That would just be a speculation, as there ain’t definitive answer to that…many people, different region; and different claims for the origins…
I have many types at home, thanks to my hubby. Now I’m curious to check his mini bar and check what you are talking about.
Nice post..
Earlier I never knew about this. Thanks for the detailed information about Whisky and Whiskey.
First of all i would like to say thank you for such a informative post. I really dint knew few things about whiskey and whisky..
Very informative and interesting to read how it is so different in different countries
I knew about the history of whiskey as there was a teledrama about here in Japan about it a few years ago. The drama also told about how it came to Japan. A great teledrama, I recommend it!
This is such an interesting post! I never knew how to spell it. I think I’ve spelt it about half one way and half the other.
I’ve learned about this because my Husband drinks Whiskey. Whiskey is definitely better!
Quite informative post on whiskey. I knew it was from Scotland. Never noticed the missing e though
I wasn’t aware about such facts about whiskey… Thanks for sharing