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SCOTCH WHISKEY [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Distilling Industries (Food Ind.)
CONT

Scotch whiskeys are somewhat light in body, with a distinctive smoky malt flavour. They are made primarily from barley that is melted and then heated over a peat fire, the oily, acrid smoke of which flavours the malt.

OBS

The Scotch we drink today is still made from malted barley, but neutral spirits and unmalted grain whisky are blended with it to make it lighter and more palatable.

OBS

Irish whiskey and bourbon whiskey are usually spelled "whiskey."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillerie (Alimentation)
DEF

Whiskey écossais inimitable en raison de l'eau et surtout de la tourbe qui interviennent dans son traitement [et qui] comprend [...] moitié whiskey de malt, moitié whiskey de grain.

OBS

Pluriel : des whiskys; des whiskies.

OBS

scotch (sing.); scotchs (pl.); whisky (sing.); whiskys (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Chez les commerçants, l'orthographe «whisky» sert à distinguer le whisky écossais du whiskey irlandais.

Key term(s)
  • whiskey écossais
  • scotch whiskey
  • whiskey

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Destilería (Ind. alimentaria)
CONT

En la [elaboración] del auténtico whisky escocés, la malta está en contacto directo con el hogar del horno desecador (lo cual confiere a ese whisky un característico sabor de humo) y el producto es sometido a repetidas destilaciones con alambiques.

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