Outline of whisky

Whisky
	A late 19th century whisky distillery
Alcohol by volume	at least 40%
Ingredients	Rye, Wheat, Barley, Corn, Malt, Peat, Oak, Water, Sugar maple

Copper pot stills at Auchentoshan Distillery in Scotland

Inside Sullivans Cove distillery in Tasmania, Australia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to whisky:

Whisky (also "whiskey") – distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used in different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.

Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide. It encompasses many national expressions and variations. The typical unifying characteristics of the different expressions and variations are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels.

The spelling whiskey is commonly used in Ireland and the United States, while whisky is used almost exclusively in other whisky-producing countries.^[1]

^ Zandona, Eric; et al. (March 2013). A World Guide to Whisk(e)y Distilleries. Hayward: White Mule Press. ISBN 978-0983638940.

[1] Zandona, Eric; et al. (March 2013). A World Guide to Whisk(e)y Distilleries. Hayward: White Mule Press. ISBN 978-0983638940.

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