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Scotch is made in one of the five whisky producing areas – HIGHLAND, LOWLAND, SPEYSIDE, CAMPBELTOWN AND ISLAY There are six different processes involved in producing scotch whisky – MALTING , MASHING , FERMENTING , DISTILLING , MATURING and BLENDING Scotch whisky must be bottled at a minimum strength of 40% ABV (Alcohol by Volume) HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF SCOTCH WHISKY The first TAXES on Scotch Whisky were introduced in 1644 WHISKY REBELLION (1791-1794) violent protests broke between farmers and the US government against high whisky taxes The EXCISE ACT passed in 1823 sanctioned legal, licensed distilleries On its 500 TH ANNIVERSARY in 1994, Scotch whisky exports crossed 2 BILLION POUNDS The SCOTCH WHISKY ACT of 1988 and new Scotch Whisky Regulations in 2009 lay out the rules of production, labelling and packaging of Scotch Whisky The first blended whisky was produced in 1850 by ANDREW USHER and WILLIAM SANDERSON WHISKY FACTS The English Malt Tax of 1725 led Scottish distilleries to head underground productions nicknamed “MOONSHINE” One of the oldest distilleries today, OLD BUSHMILLS DISTILLERY was licensed in 1608 By 1780 there were at least 8 LEGAL and 400 ILLEGAL whisky distilleries The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1495 is the earliest written record of Scotch Whisky, attributed to JOHN COR , a distiller at Lindores Abbey in the Kingdom of Fife AENEAS COFFEY invented the Patent Still in 1831 which allowed for the production of lighter flavoured GRAIN WHISKY Scotch whisky is divided into three types: MALT, GRAIN AND BLENDED WHISKY MALT WHISKY is made using malted BARLEY, WATER and YEAST GRAIN WHISKY is made with a mixture of malted and unmalted barley along with cereals like MAIZE and WHEAT , and combined with WATER and YEAST BLENDED WHISKY is made with a range of different SINGLE MALTS , which are then mixed with GRAIN WHISKY All Scotch whisky must be aged for a minimum of THREE YEARS Only 10 PER CENT of Scotch whisky is SINGLE MALT The Scottish Whisky Trail Tracing the history of Scotch whisky through the ages BY SCHENELLE DSOUZA Only whisky produced inside the borders of SCOTLAND can be referred to as SCOTCH WHISKY 24| L U X E B O O K | M AY 2 0 2 2 M AY 2 0 2 2 | L U X E B O O K | 25 TREASURE M AP