The History of Whiskey

History of whiskey & Bottles for it

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Whiskey is a world-famous spirit whose main origin is Scotland in the United Kingdom. With the popularity of whisky, various glass whiskey bottles began to appear. The English consider whiskey to be one of their national treasures and drinking it is one of the greatest pleasures in life.

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When it comes to the origin of whiskey, there is a theory that in the Middle Ages, alchemists put some kind of fermented liquid into the furnace during a chance encounter when they were making gold, and they discovered a delicious liquid, which was the first experience of distilled spirits for human beings. They named this rejuvenating distilled spirit in Latin as "the water of life" and considered it the secret recipe for immortality. Later, in the fourth and fifth centuries, the "Water of Life" was brought to Scotland by missionaries from Ireland. In 1494, at the request of King James IV of Scotland, the Catholic monk John Cole purchased eight large sieves of malt as raw material and distilled the "water of life" with local ale on the Scottish island of Islay to produce 35 cases of a strong alcoholic beverage called Visage-beathao, which is the origin of Whisky. This is the origin of "Whisky", which is also recognized as the origin of the name of whisky.

In 1534-1535, people in Scotland became interested in the technology of making whisky and soon developed it. Home distilleries, which were permitted by law at the time, were an important part of the Scottish estate economy. In the summer, farmers start raising cattle and growing barley; in the winter, the grown barley is used to feed the cattle, and the remaining barley is used to make whiskey to help protect people from the cold.

By 1644, official taxes on whisky were introduced, and the high taxes led to illegal distillation and smuggling. Due to the obvious location of the distilleries in the Scottish lowlands, it was difficult to avoid inspection and in order to pay the tax, these distilleries had to cut corners in their production to keep costs down. In contrast, the Highland distilleries were in more secluded locations and could avoid taxation by officials, thus being able to concentrate on developing their brewing techniques. As a result, there are now nearly 100 distilleries in the Highlands in Scotland, compared to only four in the Lowlands.

After 1700, as the Americas moved west, continental settlers arrived in Bourbon, Kentucky, and began distilling whiskey. The whiskey, which became known as "Kentucky Bourbon", became synonymous with American whiskey for its superior quality and unique style.

In 1920, Sam Bronfman founded the Schlumberger Distillery to produce premium whisky from the abundance of local grain and fresh water resources, which is sold worldwide. Today, Canadian whisky is an important base spirit for blended spirits around the world because of its light body.

In the second half of the 19th century, Japan began importing raw spirits for blending whisky under the influence of Western distilling processes, and in 1923, Nobujiro Usui, the founder of Suntory Japan, began to build the first factory to produce malt whisky in Yamazaki Prefecture, outside Kyoto. Since that time, Japanese whisky has gradually developed and become a very popular drink in the country.

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Post time: Nov-29-2021
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