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Guessing you're referring to "Glenfiddich", but it reminded me of the case of whiskey vs. whisky: It's generally spelled “whiskey” — with an e — in the United
by austinl 5y ago
Guessing you're referring to "Glenfiddich", but it reminded me of the case of whiskey vs. whisky:
It's generally spelled “whiskey” — with an e — in the United States and Ireland. It's spelled “whisky” — without the e — in Scotland and Canada. Since this article is about Glenfiddich, which is based in Scotland, it makes sense that it's spelled without the e.
The reason for this is purely historical — there's not necessarily a difference in the product. That said, "Scotch" must be produced in Scotland, and hence you'll always see "Scotch whisky" (no e).
- smcl 5y agoThe way I understood it, Scottish distillers had widely adopted the extremely productive Coffey still and were quite willing to use non-barley grains, which allowed them to produce a LOT of quality whisky for export so they went on to dominate world consumption of whisky. This was to the detriment of Irish producers, who at the time stuck to the more traditional pot stills and barley (some point after they got a bit more flexible). To distinguish their own product from Scotch whisky the Irish chose to start spelling what they sold as "whiskey". It's actually not so cut-and-dry as you might think regarding the USA. Even some bigger brands like Makers Mark call theirs "whisky" But anecdotally as a Scot, the only people who really get upset about that extra "e" are non-whisky drinking Scottish people :D Those who drink it are, in my experience, generally pretty chilled out and understanding.