What is the difference between Irish Whiskey and Scottish Whisky?
Whiskey as it is spelt in Ireland or whisky in Scotland is the most popular of all the grain spirits, first thought to be distilled by monks in Ireland as early as the 12th century. But it was in 1608 when Bushmills distillery first received its grant. Even up until Victorian times Irish whiskey was more popular than Scotch. The difference between Irish whiskey and Scotch whiskies · The big difference between Scotch and Irish whiskey is the distilling phase which is made twice with Scotch and three times with Irish, giving Irish whiskey a particular lightness · Scotch whisky first allows the barley to sprout and then it is dried. Irish whiskey uses raw and malted barley while Scotch is entirely malted barley. (This is partly because there was an extra tax on malt in Ireland) · Scotch barley is dried with peat smoke which gives the usual scotch aroma to whisky. · Scotch is cask aged for at least 2 years, Irish at least 3 years. · Irish whiskey is distilled three times in larger than nor
