World Whiskies

Austrian Whisky

Waldviertler Roggenhof - Roggenreith is a small village in the Waldviertel and the home of the Waldviertler Whisky.

Austrian Whisky

Belgian Whisky

Hesbaye (or Haspengouw in Dutch) is a region in Belgium including parts of Liege, Limburg, Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Namur provinces.

Belgian Owl Whisky

Canadian Whiskies

Canadian whisky by law must be aged for at least three years in a barrel and of course distilled in Canada.

You will find that most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain whiskies and are often referred to casually as "rye whisky" because they contain at least 51% rye derived whisky. However, they do contain blends of corn and barley in addition to rye.

Canadian Whiskies

Danish whisky

The story of Stauning Whiskey started during a weekend in May 2005 a group of nine friends were enjoying a glass or two of Scotch single malt whisky, and wondering why no whiskey was made in Denmark

Stauning Single Malt Danish Whisky

Dutch Whisky

waiting for replys from the Zuidam Distilery

English Whisky

At the time of "Alfred Barnard"s travels (1887) there where 6 English Whisky Distilleries Listed.

English Whisky Company

French Whisky

Warenghem Distillery Breton Whisky

Founded: 1st July 1900 as a family business, now led by Gilles Leizour, with more than a century experience in the production of fine liqueurs and spirits

Warenghem Distillery Breton Whisky


German Whisky

Fleischmann German Whisky from the blue mouse distillery

Fleischmann German Whisky

 

Irish Whiskey

Single malts and blends. Nothing in the world compares witha smooth Irish Whiskey

Irish Whiskey Pages

Indian Whisky

Indian whisky some times gets lost in the distillation process a lot of so called Indian whiskies are made from molasses which makes them more suitably to be called a rum than a whisky. However the Amrut distillery produces a Single malt worthy of a Scottish distillery.

Indian Whisky Page

Japanese Whiskies

Masataka Takesuru is regarded as the founder of Japanese whisky. Born 1895 into a Sake-brewing family.

He left Japan for Scotland in 1918 to study chemistry and whisky making at Glasgow University taking up apprentaships with Scottish distilleries he learnt from craftsmen at first hand the skills associated with distilling and blending.

Japanese Whisky Pages

New Zealand Whisky.

Climate, Geography, Geology very similar to Scotland also a lot of Scotts emigrated there. An ideal place for making whisky it is a shame they demolished the Lammerlaw distillery due to a down turn in the world economy. However The Southern Distilling co Ltd has taken up the cause.

New Zealand Whisky Pages

Swedish Whisky

Scotch whisky is very popular with the Swedes So it should come as no surprise they have started producing their own.

Box Swedish Whisky

Mackmyra Swedish Whisky

Spirit Of Hven Swedish Whisky

Switzerland Whisky

Switzerland is not renowned for its whisky production, however look more closely, the Valais region has a number of similarities with the Scotland.

Swhisky Swiss Whisky

USA Whiskey

Bourbons, Corn whiskey, Rye whiskey. Stright Wheat Whiskey.

Now new generations of Micro distilleries

USA Whiskey Pages

USA Micro Whiskey Distilleries


Welsh Whisky

From the Brecon

Penderyn Welsh Whisky

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