Wiskey 威士忌酒(也称Scotch Wiskey苏格兰威士忌,用谷物做成的酒,大多以玉米为主。)
Whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha), or whiskey (Irish: uisce beatha or fuisce), refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from fermented grain mash and aged in wooden casks (generally oak).苏格兰威士忌,爱尔兰威士忌,关于那些从谷物发酵中提炼出来的装在木桶里酒的品种。
Different grains are used for different varieties, including: barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize (corn). Whisky derives from the Gaelic word for "water" (uisce or uisge), and is called in full uisge-beatha (in Scotland) or uisce beatha (Ireland), meaning "Water of Life". It is related to the Latin aqua vitae, also meaning "water of life". It is always Scotch whisky, and Irish whiskey.不同的谷物酿制也不同,如:大麦、大麦芽、黑麦、黑麦芽、小麦和玉米。威士忌在整个苏格兰及爱尔兰,人们都将它称为水,此称呼来源与盖尔人,意为生命之水,意思与拉丁文的白兰地相同,同样意为苏格兰的威士忌