WHISKY INTERESTING FACTS...

THE MOST POPULAR SCOTCH WHISKY BRANDS IN THE WORLD IN 2021, RANKED BY THE NUMBER OF 9-LITER CASES SOLD, WERE:

JOHNNIE WALKER (14.1 MILLION CASES)

BALLANTINE’S (7 MILLION CASES)

GRANT’S (3.6 MILLION CASES)

WILLIAM LAWSON’S (3.3 MILLION CASES)

CHIVAS REGAL (3.2 MILLION CASES)

BLACK & WHITE (2.9 MILLION CASES)

WILLIAM PEEL (2.8 MILLION CASES)

LABEL 5 (2.6 MILLION CASES)

DEWAR’S (2.6 MILLION CASES)

J&B (2.3 MILLION CASES)

THERE ARE ALMOST AS MANY DIFFERENT WHISKY BRANDS AS THERE ARE SPECIES ON EARTH.

HUMPHREY BOGART’S FINAL WORDS ARE RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN “I SHOULD NEVER HAVE SWITCHED FROM SCOTCH TO MARTINIS.”

THE EARLIEST KNOWN MENTION OF WHISKY DATES BACK TO 1494 IN SCOTTISH TAX RECORDS.

Blended whisky was invented by shop owners who would topup a customer’s bottle with whatever single malt they stocked, creating a blend over time.

During the Prohibition Era in the U.S., whisky was still available due to a loophole that allowed ‘medicinal’ whisky to be produced and prescribed by a doctor.

The term ‘dram’ widely adopted in the Scottish vernacular, is believed to have evolved from an apothecary’s units of measurement.