@@foldinthemap no, they are not all the same. Ingredients can vary, the number of times it is distilled varies between Irish whiskey and Scotch whisky (3c& 2 times I believe. However, that is not the most important thing, which is social, culture and tradition. Both the Irish and Scots are very attached to their particular spellings, and if referring to Scotch, it is always whisky, if it is made in Ireland, then it is whiskey (as it is in the USA too). This is not a matter of just the rational. The Scots have a particular reverence for Scotch whisky, which verges on the mystical. Single malt Scotch is also distilled from fermented malted barley, bourbon uses, I believe, mostly from corn fermented mash with some other grains added.
@@foldinthemap All societies need their myths, and scotch whisky is one of those key parts of Scottish identity. It's uisge beatha (or water of life in Gaelic). Calling Bourbon almost identical to single malt scotch whisky would be fighting talk in some parts. As far as the differences in distillation and the materials use, simply look it up. Barley has been a lot in Scotland due to the climate. There are some areas best not gone into, whatever science might say. This is a quoted passage from Tobias Smollett’s 1771 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in which the young Jeremy Melford observes in comparison with the lowlander's favoured 2 pence beer... "The Highlanders, on the contrary, despise this liquor, and regale themselves with whisky; a malt spirit, as strong as geneva, which they swallow in great quantities, without any signs of inebriation. They are used to it from the cradle, and find it an excellent preservative against the winter cold, which must be extreme on these mountains - I am told that it is given with great success to infants, as a cordial in the confluent smallpox, when the eruption seems to flag, and the symptoms grow unfavourable." nb. the book is a comic novel, but Tobia Smollet was a Scot, and was writing with a certain wry humour about his fellow Scots.
@@TheEulerID I've just been yanking your chain bro haha, I know the correct spelling and i'm a big lover and consumer of scotch and I'm from Scottish blood myself.. and I hate bourbon. Google was made by Americans and it likes to 'correct' your spelling for you which is what has happened here. If someone wants to fight me over a misspelled caption though i'm 100% down. cheers for all the info anyway love your passion!
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It’s a truly awe inspiring place. Did not expect it heading up there, blown away by Scotland!
What amazing scenery. I love it. I really need a LR adventure up there.
You will get in trouble spelling Scotch "whiskey". Strictly for the Irish and Americans. In Scotland it's whisky.
Aren’t all whiskies exactly the same though? Bourbon whisky surely doesn’t differ much from a single malt scotch
@@foldinthemap no, they are not all the same. Ingredients can vary, the number of times it is distilled varies between Irish whiskey and Scotch whisky (3c& 2 times I believe. However, that is not the most important thing, which is social, culture and tradition. Both the Irish and Scots are very attached to their particular spellings, and if referring to Scotch, it is always whisky, if it is made in Ireland, then it is whiskey (as it is in the USA too). This is not a matter of just the rational. The Scots have a particular reverence for Scotch whisky, which verges on the mystical. Single malt Scotch is also distilled from fermented malted barley, bourbon uses, I believe, mostly from corn fermented mash with some other grains added.
@@TheEulerID Nah I don't think so, that all sounds a bit fishy to me. Verging on the mystical? cripes
@@foldinthemap All societies need their myths, and scotch whisky is one of those key parts of Scottish identity. It's uisge beatha (or water of life in Gaelic). Calling Bourbon almost identical to single malt scotch whisky would be fighting talk in some parts.
As far as the differences in distillation and the materials use, simply look it up. Barley has been a lot in Scotland due to the climate.
There are some areas best not gone into, whatever science might say.
This is a quoted passage from Tobias Smollett’s 1771 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in which the young Jeremy Melford observes in comparison with the lowlander's favoured 2 pence beer...
"The Highlanders, on the contrary, despise this liquor, and regale themselves with whisky; a malt spirit, as strong as geneva, which they swallow in great quantities, without any signs of inebriation. They are used to it from the cradle, and find it an excellent preservative against the winter cold, which must be extreme on these mountains - I am told that it is given with great success to infants, as a cordial in the confluent smallpox, when the eruption seems to flag, and the symptoms grow unfavourable."
nb. the book is a comic novel, but Tobia Smollet was a Scot, and was writing with a certain wry humour about his fellow Scots.
@@TheEulerID I've just been yanking your chain bro haha, I know the correct spelling and i'm a big lover and consumer of scotch and I'm from Scottish blood myself.. and I hate bourbon. Google was made by Americans and it likes to 'correct' your spelling for you which is what has happened here. If someone wants to fight me over a misspelled caption though i'm 100% down. cheers for all the info anyway love your passion!