Whisky

Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, which are typically made of charred white oak. Uncharred white oak casks previously used for the aging of port, rum or sherry are also sometimes used.

• Wi’ usquabae, we’ll face the devil!
  • Robert Burns, "Tam o' Shanter" (1791)

• I'd druther been bit with a snake than pap's whisky.
  • Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), Ch. X

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