WHAT IS SCOTCH WHISKY? 42 bottles of Scotch Whisky shipped from Scotland to 175 markets every second
Laid end to end, in one year those bottles would stretch 90% of the distance to the moon!
Scotch Whisky exports are worth
of Scottish food and drink exports
of all UK food and drink exports of all UK exports
GVA to the UK economy people employed in Scotland
in the UK of these in rural areas distillery visits a year
most popular tourist attraction in Scotland
casks in warehouses around Scotland
minimum maturing time
Eight bottles of Chivas Brothers’ whiskies are enjoyed somewhere in the world… every second!
THE HISTORY OF SCOTCH WHISKY EIGHT BOLLS OF MALT TO FRIAR JOHN COR WHEREWITH TO MAKE AQUA VITAE
MALT WHISKY
1494 KING GEORGE IV 1822
A NEW EXCISE ACT 1823
GRAIN WHISKY
1830
THE COFFEY STILL 1832 PHYLLOXERA
1870’s
IMMATURE SPIRITS ACT 1916 PROHIBITION 1920 (REPEALED 1933)
ON TO TODAY GLOBAL SCOTCH Johnnie Ballantine’s Chivas Grant’s Walker Regal
William Famous J&B Black & Lawson’s Grouse White
Dewar’s William Peel Glenfiddich The The The Glenlivet Macallan Singleton
Glenmorangie Balvenie Laphroaig Cardhu
Talisker Glen Grant Ballantine’s Chivas Passport 100 Pipers Regal
Clan Campbell The Glenlivet Something Aberlour Special
Royal Salute Long John
LEGAL DEFINITION OF SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED SPIRIT MADE IN SCOTLAND Must be bottled at minimum
In oak casks of less than 700 litres, for a minimum of three years
Is the age of the youngest whisky in the bottle SINGLE MALT
A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A SINGLE MALT WHISKY DISTILLERY SINGLE MALT A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A SINGLE MALT WHISKY DISTILLERY
BLENDED MALT
A BLEND OF SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY SINGLE MALT BLENDED MALT A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A A BLEND OF SINGLE MALT SCOTCH SINGLE MALT WHISKY DISTILLERY WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY
SINGLE GRAIN
A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A SINGLE GRAIN WHISKY DISTILLERY SINGLE MALT BLENDED MALT A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A A BLEND OF SINGLE MALT SCOTCH SINGLE MALT WHISKY DISTILLERY WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY
SINGLE GRAIN A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A SINGLE GRAIN WHISKY DISTILLERY
BLENDED GRAIN
A BLEND OF SINGLE GRAIN SCOTCH WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY SINGLE MALT BLENDED MALT A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A A BLEND OF SINGLE MALT SCOTCH SINGLE MALT WHISKY DISTILLERY WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY
SINGLE GRAIN BLENDED GRAIN A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A A BLEND OF SINGLE GRAIN SCOTCH SINGLE GRAIN WHISKY DISTILLERY WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY
BLENDED SCOTCH
A BLEND OF ONE OR MORE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES WITH ONE OR MORE SINGLE GRAIN WHISKIES TYPES OF SCOTCH WHISKY
SINGLE MALT BLENDED MALT A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A A BLEND OF SINGLE MALT SCOTCH SINGLE MALT WHISKY DISTILLERY WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY
SINGLE GRAIN BLENDED GRAIN A SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLED AT A A BLEND OF SINGLE GRAIN SCOTCH SINGLE GRAIN WHISKY DISTILLERY WHISKIES DISTILLED AT MORE THAN ONE DISTILLERY
BLENDED SCOTCH A BLEND OF ONE OR MORE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES WITH ONE OR MORE SINGLE GRAIN WHISKIES
CAMPBELTOWN HIGHLANDS SPEYSIDE LOWLANDS ISLAY SPEYSIDE THE HOME OF CHIVAS BROTHERS Chivas Brothers has
Famed for malts of outstanding and one grain distillery
WHAT IS SCOTCH WHISKY? IN HOW MANY COUNTRIES IS SCOTCH WHISKY SOLD? WHERE CAN SCOTCH WHISKY BE MADE? NAME THE WHISKY- MAKING REGIONS WHY IS SCOTLAND DIVIDED INTO WHISKY REGIONS? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SPEYSIDE WHISKIES? WHAT IS A SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY? WHAT MAKES SCOTLAND BLESSED TO PRODUCE GREAT WHISKIES? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM BOTTLING STRENGTH OF SCOTCH WHISKY? APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MALT WHISKY DISTILLERIES ARE THERE IN SCOTLAND? NAME CHIVAS BROTHERS’ DISTILLERIES.