| Have you ever been to the mother land, the | | | | Scotland, a time since the early Celts. The Celts |
| original land of Scotch Whiskey? Of course you | | | | valued the drink because of the way that it kept |
| can go down to your neighborhood store and buy | | | | them warm. Researching a little further you will |
| any scotch that you heart may desire, but there | | | | also find that there are quite a few different |
| is nothing like having a glass of scotch from its | | | | types of scotch, including the single grain, the |
| mother land Scotland. | | | | blended whiskey and the blended malt. |
| There is a difference in the taste of scotch that | | | | Single grain malts are very expensive and are |
| is from Scotland and Scotch made in the U.S. It | | | | quite rare and even harder to find. To date |
| is said that the difference comes from the water | | | | there are only 7 known distillers in Scotland that |
| that is used to distill scotch. You see, most of | | | | actually make this type of scotch. |
| the distillers in Scotland maintain establishments | | | | The more common type of scotch is the blended |
| that are centered around fresh water springs that | | | | malt scotch or whiskey. This type of scotch is |
| originate from the various mountains in Scotland. | | | | very common and can be brought at almost any |
| These fresh water springs provide pure tasting | | | | store the stocks liquor. Approx 90% of the |
| clear water that has been refined from the | | | | scotch made in Scotland is Blended whiskey. |
| mountain ice caps. Some of these ice caps have | | | | Compared to the single malt scotch, blended |
| snow that has been there for years and by the | | | | whiskey is much milder. |
| time the snow melts and releases the water | | | | To make scotch and whiskey even more |
| down the hills it is filtered and given a unique taste | | | | attractive they are packaged in designer bottles |
| that can only be found in the hills of Scotland. | | | | usually made out of crystal. That being said they |
| Scotch has been around for quite a number of | | | | make wonderful gifts and great collector items. |
| years. It dates back to the early settles of | | | | |