7 interesting facts about whisky you might not know

The historic year for whisky. It was in 1494 that whisky received its “birth” thanks to the Royal Treasury and John Corr, who began the production of “aqua vitae”.

Translation Features. Whisky (from Gaelic UISCE BEATHA) translates as “living water.”

The oldest distillery. It’s hard to believe, but it’s not located in Ireland or Scotland, but in the USA. It’s called LAIRD & CO and has been around since 1780. In Scotland, the family production only started in 1865: GLENFARCLAS, GLENFIDDICH, SPRINGBANK.

Turf in whisky? Only in Scotland is peat used as a raw material.

Maybe soon whisky can take the title of the world’s most expensive spirit. For now, the most expensive whisky is 60-year-old MACALLAN ($62,000 a bottle, with only 40 such bottles). However, a £100,000 bottle of 19th century Irish whiskey (equivalent to almost $200,000) has also been listed for sale.

At the time of prohibition in the United States, LAPHROAIG whiskey was legally sold in American pharmacies as medicine.

There is a special exchange for whisky trading – WORLD WHISKY INDEX. To date, WWI’s order book stands at $392,000. When you buy whisky on the exchange, you receive a certificate that confirms your right to sell that particular bottle. Investing in whisky is very popular among the Japanese, Chinese and Russian