The most usual drink in the United States, is whiskey other spirituous liquors, such as peach and apple brandy, are only secondary, and from their high price and their scarcity, they are not sufficient for the wants of an already immense and increasing population. The Art of Making Whisky By Anthony Boucherie Most of them are in PDF formats and a couple of them are in German. In this compilation, you’ll find 13 free downloadable ebooks covering various aspects of this beverage, from history, methods, recipes and many more. Distilling technology passed from the medieval Arabs to the medieval Latins, with the earliest records in Latin in the early 12th century. The medieval Arabs adopted the distillation technique of the Alexandrian Greeks, and written records in Arabic begin in the 9th century, but again these were not distillations of alcohol. The earliest certain chemical distillations were by Greeks in Alexandria in the 1st century AD, but these were not distillations of alcohol. It is possible that distillation was practised by the Babylonians in Mesopotamia in the 2nd millennium BC, with perfumes and aromatics being distilled, but this is subject to uncertain and disputed interpretations of evidence. Distilled alcohol was known in Latin as aqua vitae (‘water of life’). The word whisky (or whiskey) is an anglicisation of the Classical Gaelic word uisce (or uisge) meaning ‘water’ (now written as uisce in Modern Irish, and uisge in Scottish Gaelic). The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels. Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many classes and types. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. A week too late, but considering that the consumption of such beverage occurs on a daily basis, it’s safe to assume that everyday is Scotch Whisky Day. Last week, the world celebrated Scotch Whisky Day on the 27th of July.
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