10 Interesting Tips About Whisky

1.During the Victorian era, some Scottish distilleries allowed workers to stop for a drink every time the bell rang

2.Scotland has a population of 5.3 million, stores more than 20 million barrels of whiskey, and each citizen has an average of four barrels of whiskey. These wooden barrels are laid one after another, with a length of about 30,000 kilometers, which is equivalent to 6 times the distance between Edinburgh and New York.

3.Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, asked for whiskey on his deathbed and was refused

4.While filming in the Congo, most of the African Queen's cast got dysentery from drinking water. Director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart are unscathed, allegedly because they only drank whiskey the entire time

5.In some Latin American countries, people say “whiskey” instead of “cheese” when posing for pictures

6.Charles Joughin, a baker on board Titanic, stepped in water for three hours before being rescued. He claims he didn't succumb to the cold because he drank a lot of whiskey when the boat sank before the accident

7.Robert Burns once worked as a salesman and showed his love to whiskey in his poetry

8.During the malting process, the barley is traditionally turned over with a large shovel to promote germination and reduce entanglement of the barley malt. As a result of this repetitive movement, Maltese suffer from a condition that causes one arm to drop less than the other arm known as ‘monkey shoulder’

9.The famous Victorian illustrator Tom Browne depicted a picture of a striding man on the menu during a lunch with Lord Stevenson, one of Johnnie Walker's directors. Ultimately, this became the stride figure you see on wine bottles today

10.There are only two whiskey distilleries in Iceland, both use sheep manure instead of coal/peas as cooking fuel for boiling barley