{"id":1466,"date":"2023-01-31T04:51:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T04:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:48:16","slug":"scotch-whiskey-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/31\/scotch-whiskey-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotch Whiskey is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1468\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yep, IT is there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the origin of Scotch Whisky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever you call Scotland&#8217;s national drink, and whichever Scotch you discover, you know that it is a product of quality, <strong>crafted in Scotland<\/strong>, with a unique heritage stretching back more than 500 years. The story of Scotch begins as early as the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">How was Scotch Whisky invented?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRU2lD-EZibms6fENkEYYJa3ExYrIGk4zWrgRiC9OnvvA&amp;s\" alt=\"Image result for scotch whiskey story\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s believed whisky-making began in Scotland as winemaking methods spread from monasteries in Europe; with no access to grapes, <strong>monks used grain mash instead to produce an early form of the popular spirit<\/strong>. The name itself derives from the Gaelic name, uisge beatha, which translates loosely to &#8216;water of life&#8217;.<br><br>Drink up and throw one down.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the origin of Scotch Whisky? Whatever you call Scotland&#8217;s national drink, and whichever Scotch you discover, you know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BlandSpicyBaboon-size_restricted.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}