15 facts about whisky you need to know this Sunday evening

Whiskey is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages created by distillation of products based on grain. Over its history, the whiskey is closely joined to the culture of many peoples of the world. Especially the influence of the whiskey felt in Scotland. And although the history of distilled drinks goes back thousands of years, it was here 500 years ago whiskey that we know today, slowly began to win the love among the people.

To date, and flavored whiskey takes its rightful place among alcohol along with beer and wine.

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1. The distillation process is a key aspect of the whisky making was invented more than 4 thousand years ago. (Alan Jamieson / CC BY 2.0)

2. The first written mention of Scotch dates back to the year 1494. In the letter the order of acquisition of raw materials needed for the production of over 1500 whisky bottles. Apparently, whisky was already popular. (RayMorris1 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

3. Whiskey must be aged in wooden barrels only. In glass bottles the drink can be stored for hundreds of years, but its taste and flavor will not improve. (Markus Wichmann / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

4. 90% of all single malt whisky produced in Scotland. (ScottSimPhotography / CC BY 2.0)

5. Drinking whiskey in small doses has a beneficial effect on the human metabolism. This drink can prevent stroke, dementia, heart attack, and to prevent the emergence of cancer cells. (Sven Cipido / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

6. Whiskey can withstand extremely low temperature, polar, aiming to reach the South pole, taking the whiskey with him, and it remained liquid even at -30 °C. (Roderick Eime / CC BY 2.0)

7. There are more than 5000 types of single malt whiskey. (Svenska Mässan / CC BY-ND 2.0)

8. Whiskey production takes the second place in profitability among all industries in Scotland. (Alan Jamieson / CC BY 2.0)

9. The color of whiskey depends on the material and quality of the barrel. (ben matthews ::: / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

10. Whiskey in an open bottle does not lose its quality within five years. (Can Mustafa Ozdemir / CC BY 2.0)

11. Scotch whiskey is distilled twice, Irish whiskey three times. ([Sir] Bali / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

12. The four most common "regional" types of whiskey are Scotch (Scotch), Irish (Irish), American (Bourbon) and canadian (often referred to as "rye"). (Bradley Wells / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

13. Scots and Irish to this day there is debate about who first began to produce whiskey. (Scott Loftesness / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

14. In English there are two spellings of the word "whisky" in Scotland and Canada use "whisky" in the United States and Ireland, "whiskey". (Rob Brewer / CC BY-SA 2.0)

15. Whiskey got its name from the Celtic phrase "uisge beatha", which translates as "water of life". (Matt Gibson / CC BY-NC 2.0)