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[[Image:whisky.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Scotch on the rocks - just say no.]]

[[Image:whisky.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Scotch on the rocks.]]

'''Whisky''' refers to a group of [[Alcoholic drinks|alcoholic beverage]]s (liquors) distilled from fermented cereal grains such as barley, rye, wheat or maize.  The word derives from the Gaelic  ''uisge beatha'' - water of life. (c.f. ''eau de vie'' for French spirits, ''aqua vitae'' in Italian, ''aquavit'' or ''akvavit'' in Scandinavian and ''okovita'' ([[vodka]]) in Poland and the Ukraine).  The conventional spelling is '''whisky''' for spirits distilled in Scotland ([[Scotch]]), Wales, Japan and Canada while '''whiskey''' is used for spirits from Ireland and the USA.   

'''Whisky''' refers to a group of [[Alcoholic drinks|alcoholic beverage]]s (liquors) distilled from fermented cereal grains such as barley, rye, wheat or maize.  The word derives from the Gaelic  ''uisge beatha'' - water of life. (c.f. ''eau de vie'' for French spirits, ''aqua vitae'' in Italian, ''aquavit'' or ''akvavit'' in Scandinavian and ''okovita'' ([[vodka]]) in Poland and the Ukraine).  The conventional spelling is '''whisky''' for spirits distilled in Scotland ([[Scotch]]), Wales, Japan and Canada while '''whiskey''' is used for spirits from Ireland and the USA.