Whiskey or Whisky - A Beginning

A New Year, a new blog. As I sit here and enjoy a nice glass of scotch (a Bowmore, but more on that in a later post), I think back over how I got hooked on whisky. It was just over five years ago that I took my wife out to a wonderful anniversary meal at the Capital Grill and on a whim decided to get an after dinner drink. I hadn't had much whisky before other than the occasional Jack and Coke in college, and am not sure what made me page past the ports to the single malt scotches. I picked a Macallan 18 year fairly randomly from the list, and the rest is history! After that I started picking up a bottle or two here and there until I got to where I keep a bookshelf of all of my empty bottles to help me remember what I liked and disliked. I have decided to take what I have learned (and continue to learn), and share it with you all - hopefully in a way that is interesting and amusing.

While some people have religion over the spelling difference of whiskey versus whisky, for the most part it is a regional designation. Whiskey is the spelling most commonly (but not exclusively) used in the United States and Ireland, while the beverage made in Scotland, Canada, Wales, and Japan use the spelling whisky. I have mostly been a Scottish Single Malt fan to date, but I want to expand my experiences (and palate) and so dreamed up the idea for this blog. Each week or so I will be sampling a whiskey and a whisky, and will share the experience with you. I will also throw in a few articles on whiskey in general for those interested in such things!

So with that - raise a glass, take a sip, and relax... I look forward to the journey ahead!