whisky
Sign in to saveWhisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, commonly of charred white oak. Uncharred white oak casks previously used for the aging of port, rum, or sherry may be employed during storage to impart a unique flavour and colour.
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Whisky is a spirit made by fermenting grain mash, with different varieties using grains like barley, corn, rye, or wheat. It gains its flavor and color through aging in wooden casks, typically charred white oak, though producers sometimes use previously-used casks that contained port, rum, or sherry to create distinctive tastes.
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Key facts
- Beverage.name
- Whisky
- Beverage.image
- Whiskyhogmanay2010.jpg
- Beverage.caption
- A glass of whisky
- Beverage.abv
- At least 40% (37% in Australia, 43% in South Africa)
- Beverage.ingredients
- Malt, water
- Beverage.colour
- Pale gold to dark amber
- Beverage.type
- Distilled beverage
- Beverage.proof
- 80 and higher
- Beverage.introduced
- 13th–15th century
- Beverage.footnotes
- Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1
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Article
50 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Names and spellings
- Scotch
- History
- Early distilling
- Ireland and Scotland
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Production
- Grain preparation
- Malting
- Milling
- Mashing
- Fermentation
- Distillation
- Maturation (Aging)
- Packaging
- Exports
- Types
- National varieties
- American
- Australian
- Canadian
- Danish
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Indian
- Irish
- Japanese
- Mexican
- Scotch
- Swedish
- Taiwanese
- Welsh
- Dutch
- Other
- Chemistry
- Overview
- Flavours from treating the malt
- Flavours from distillation
- Flavours from oak
- Flavours and colouring from additives
- Chill filtration
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, commonly of charred white oak. Uncharred white oak casks previously used for the aging of port, rum, or sherry may be employed during storage to impart a unique flavour and colour.
Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many classes and types. The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels.