WHISKY

The word whiskey (plural whiskeys) is generally used for those distilled in Scotland and Canada, while with the word whiskey (plural whiskeys) is generally indicate those distilled in Ireland and the United States. Canadian whiskey is also called "rye". The most famous, however, is definitely the one produced in Scotland where they produce two categories of spirits fundamentally different malt whiskeys produced from the distillation of barley only, usually made with pot stills, and blended whiskey obtained by mixing grain whiskey (distilled continuous still), with malt whiskey.
International agreements reserve the use of the term Scotch whiskey only to those produced in Scotland, forcing the producers in other regions that use the same style of production using different names. Similar conventions are used against Irish whiskey and Canadian whiskey.
Bourbon is a term with which you identify the whiskey produced in the United States by fermentation and distillation of corn, rye and barley malt and which owes its name to the county of the same name delKentucky, where historically it was begun production.
The word whiskey or whiskey is un'anglicizzazione uence the Gaelic Irish or Scottish Gaelic uisge meaning water. The Latin name of the alcohol distilled aqua vitae was in turn translated into "uence beatha" or "uisge beatha", or "living water" or "water of life". The earliest forms of the word in English are found as uskebeaghe (1581) usquebaugh (1610), usquebath (1621) and usquebae (1715)