Scotch Whiskey Tasting

[Robert]

Scotch Tasting - September 25th

2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Cellars Wines & Spirits - Woodbury - Minnesota

This is all I have atm, I'll post more detail when I find info.

[JayDie]

Interesting... a Scotch Whiskey tasting!

[Robert]

That's how it's spelt this side o' the pond.

[JayDie]

That's how it's spelt this side o' the pond.

Where is your side? I thought (nowadays and in general) Scotch is Whisky, Irish and USA is Whiskey (with some exceptions as Marker's Mark) and Canadian is Whisky...?

Dutch uses Whisky too for it's Whisky products. So... is it a matter of spelling in different countries?


EDIT: Your side will be near Minnesota of course... Yep, you write Whiskey, but Scotch is Whisky

[Malt-Teaser]

Then of course there's Maker's Mark whisky

[Robert]

To make things more pedantic, some say the plural is Whiskies. The spell check for this board prefers Whiskeys.

[Malt-Teaser]

Whisky - Whiskies
Whiskey - Whiskeys


Most people here in Germany seem to suffer from Apostrophe-itis by pluralising whisky to whisky's

[Mr Tattie Heid]

That's how it's spelt this side o' the pond.

Where is your side? I thought (nowadays and in general) Scotch is Whisky, Irish and USA is Whiskey (with some exceptions as Marker's Mark) and Canadian is Whisky...?

That is correct. My spell check doesn't like whisky, either, but I'm smarter than it is. Usually.

[Robert]

I thought it was an East/West thing. Oh well. As far as I care potato/potahto.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I thought it was an East/West thing. Oh well. As far as I care potato/potahto.

You are not alone in thinking that--most editors seem to think so, too. My American editions of Ian Rankin's Rebus novels have him drinking whiskey all the time. Most shocking, the UK and US editions of Michael Jackson's coffee-table book Whisky (Whiskey over here) use the one spelling throughout--so Irish Whisky in the UK edition, Scotch Whiskey in the US edition. Actually, I think that's what killed the poor man. He was very clear about the distinction in the Malt Whisky Companion (5th edition, p 32):

There is a misunderstanding that there are British and American spellings of this term. However, it is not the nationality of the writer, or the country of publication, that should determine the spelling. It is the type of whisk(e)y: thus Scottish and Canadian "whisky", but Irish "whiskey". American styles...generally favour [sic!] the "e", but some labels dissent.

[mongo]

things are so much less complicated with jin.

[davindek]

things are so much less complicated with jin.

Or wodka