Whenever there is a party, alcohol becomes an important part of the celebrations. A party that does not have alcohol as one of the beverages seems to be too dry and dull, especially in case of guys. Amongst the most popular alcoholic beverages are Scotch and other types of whisky, along with beer, vodka, tequila and champagne. Most of the people who love to have whisky prefer the light taste of scotch to other whiskies and the drink features prominently in family as well as corporate functions.
Taking about scotch, very few people are aware of the fact that every whisky is not scotch and there exists a significant difference between the two. Whisky is a broad term that is used to encompass a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are made by distilling fermented grain mash and aging the resultant beverage in wooden casks. On the other hand, scotch is one of the five main categories into which whisky is classified. Scotch whisky is the one that is made only in Scotland, from water and malted barley only.
Scotch is fermented with the help of yeast only and has an alcoholic strength of not more than 94.8 percent and not less than 40 percent, by volume. It is matured in oak casks and does not contain any added substance, other than water and caramel coloring. Apart from scotch, the other four categories of whisky are Bourbon, American Blended, Irish, and Canadian. By way of conclusion, we say that the difference between scotch and whisky is that every scotch is a whisky, but every whisky is not scotch.
