One of the earliest recipes for an Old Fashioned, written in 1895, specifies the following: " Dissolve a small lump of sugar with a little water in a whiskey-glass ; add two dashes Angostura bitters, a small piece ice, a piece lemon-peel, one jigger or 44 ml whiskey.

The word whisky ( or whiskey ) is an anglicisation of the Gaelic word uisce | uisge meaning water.

Whiskey causes both Finnegan's fall and his resurrection — whiskey is derived from the Irish phrase uisce beatha (), meaning " water of life ".

The abundant water supply and deep woods areas in the valley were ideal for the concealment of illegal whiskey distilling.

The word " whiskey " is an Anglicisation of " uisce beatha / uisge beatha " a phrase from the Goidelic branch of languages ( Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx ) meaning " water of life ".

Canadian whiskey regulations do not specify any distillation limit, although in practice this differs little from the Scottish and Irish limit of 94. 8 %, because the purity of neutral grain spirit has a practical limit of approximately that value ( because a mixture of ethanol and water becomes an azeotrope at 95. 6 % ABV ).

The drink is a simple variation on a plain whiskey or cognac cocktail ( alcohol, sugar, water and bitters ) and could have been ordered in any latter 19th Century bar in the US as a whiskey cocktail with a dash of absinthe.

Often, the corn whiskey is then diluted with water to 40 percent alcohol by volume and bottled.

• Food & beverage ( beef, lamb, dairy, beer, cider, whiskey, soft drink concentrates, bottled water, etc.

Barrels have a variety of uses, including storage of liquids such as water and oil, fermenting wine, arrack and sake, and maturing beverages such as wine, cognac, armagnac, sherry, port, whiskey and beer.

Audience members call out different beverages like wine, whiskey, lemonade, or just water.

The offerings consist of bits of cooked food, water and rice whiskey.

" During the hearing he also made comments about having a beer in a three-minute break and there being no whiskey in the water.

Spring water from Alabama is added to a corn, wheat and rye mash, such as is used to make Bourbon whiskey.

These are then packed into vats, where they are used to filter impurities from the 140 proof whiskey, after which the whiskey is reduced with water to 125 proof for aging.

The Scots and the Irish adopted the name for their " liquid gold ": the Gaelic name for whiskey is uisge beatha, or water of life.

Although not generally recommended nowadays by either players or manufacturers, some past players have felt soaking their harmonicas in warm water, and even beer, whiskey, or vodka helped break them in, believing that this facilitates bending of the notes.

* In episode 12, " Nixon vs. Kennedy ," of Season One of the television series Mad Men, the office staff at Sterling Cooper, running low on whiskey and vodka at an election night office party, switches to surplus Creme de Menthe, dispensed out of a water cooler.

In the United States, it is best known for its use in whiskey cocktails: the Old Fashioned, made with whiskey, bitters, sugar, and soda water, and The Manhattan, made usually with rye whiskey and sweet vermouth.

Whetstone is alleged to have convinced the commissioners that the water was good by pulling a jug of whiskey out from a hollow in an oak tree in what is now downtown Marshall.

The mourners at his wake become rowdy, and spill whiskey over Finnegan's corpse, causing him to come back to life and join in the celebrations.

The next major arc, " Fear and Loathing ", ( issues 62-67 ) covers a high point of John's personal life, with his relationship with Kit going well, and a fortieth birthday party where his friends Ellie, Zatanna, and the Swamp Thing attend, and use their various abilities to create a large quantity of Bushmills whiskey and marijuana.

After struggling to repair his life, he finally explains he doesn't want things to go back to normal, when his parents get back together and his life is repaired, although the end of the episode implies Stan may be permanently bound to whiskey to continue an everyday life.

Wood Quarters: Used for various purposes over the life of the building, including officers ' quarters and a post canteen that served Schlitz beer, but no whiskey.

Jennings had been a heavy drinker of whiskey since his early life.

At the same time the decline of the HBC ’ s power had allowed American whiskey traders and hunters to expand into southern Alberta, disrupting the Native way of life.

" The record also reflects the band's hard-living lifestyle, and pays homage to their love of riding Harley Motorcycles, drinking whiskey, life on the Sunset Strip, and spending nights at strip clubs.

Western frontiersman Luke L. Short ( 1854-September 8, 1893 ) was a gunfighter, who had worked as a farmer, cowboy, whiskey peddler, army scout, dispatch rider, gambler and saloon keeper at various times during the four decades of his life.

* In the 1993 Denis Leary song " Asshole ", Leary states he is " going to get the Duke ( John Wayne ), John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Sam Peckinpah and a case of whiskey then drive down to Texas " before being cut off by a bandmate and getting called an asshole.

Scottish and Canadian whiskies use " whisky ", Irish whiskies use " whiskey ", while American and other styles vary in their spelling of the term.

He stated that the Klickitat tribe was formerly " powerful ", yet had been inundated by white civilization's " whiskey and Small pox.

On August 2, 2007, the U. S. Senate passed a resolution sponsored by Senator Jim Bunning ( R-KY ) officially declaring September 2007 " National Bourbon Heritage Month ", marking the history of bourbon whiskey.

* A couple of times in the " Black Pussy Cat Cafe ", the town saloon, Egbert says to a capped bottle of whiskey, " Take off your hat in the presence of a gentleman.

* In the movie Hot Rod, the safe word is " whiskey ", pronounced wh-hiskey ; the safe word did not work however when Rod crashed into a trailer despite yelling the safeword as he careened down a steep road.

Moonshine ( meaning illicit distillation, also called white lightning, mountain dew, hooch, " Tennessee white whiskey ", and many other names ) is a very high proof, often 190 proof ( 95 % alcohol ), distilled spirit.

In Minnesota, DUI plates are referred to as " whiskey plates ", whiskey being the name of the letter W in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

The whiskey excise act, sometimes known as the " Whiskey Act ", became law in March 1791.

There are several types of whiskey common to Ireland, including those referred to as " single pot still ", single malt, single grain, and blended Irish whiskey.

Rye whiskey that has been so aged for at least two years may be further designated as " straight ", as in " straight rye whiskey ".

In contrast with the US " straight rye whiskey " counterpart, a minimum of 3 years of small ( 700l /~ 185USG or less ) wooden barrel aging is required for the " Canadian Whisky ", " Canadian Rye Whisky " and " Rye Whisky " labels, although they need not be new oak, nor charred.

Other stories emerged about how he did his own dental work and fixed a broken nose with a pair of pliers and a few shots of Jack Daniel's whiskey, stood out ; by mid-season, Charboneau was the subject of a song, " Go Joe Charboneau ", that reached # 3 on the local charts.

Corn whiskey ( sometimes Corn Liquor, " White Dog ", or " White Lightning ") is an American liquor made from a mash made of at least 80 percent corn.

This definition is legally established under the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) and at least one other international trade agreement that require that Tennessee whiskey be " a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorized to be produced only in the State of Tennessee ", and the law of Canada, which states that Tennessee whiskey must be " a straight Bourbon whisky produced in the State of Tennessee ".

In 2007 the Lars Lilholt Band made a Danish version, " Gi ' mig whiskey in the jar ", for the album Smukkere med tiden.

He pays tribute to two of his favorite bands in the lyrics of the Pantera song " Goddamn Electric ", singing " your trust is in whiskey and weed and Black Sabbath "; in the second verse, the lyric is tweaked to " whiskey and weed and Slayer ".