The Origins of Scotch Whisky: Where History Meets Investment
Whisky is older than the records that document it. The first formal reference to Scotch whisky in a written document appears in the Exchequer Rolls of 1494, when “eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aquavitae” were recorded. But distillation in Scotland almost certainly predates this — monks brought the techniques […]