Have you ever been to the mother land, the original land of Scotch Whiskey?  Of course you can go down to your neighborhood store and buy any scotch that you heart may desire, but there is nothing like having a glass of scotch from its mother land Scotland.

There is a difference in the taste of scotch that is from Scotland and Scotch made in the U.S.  It is said that the difference comes from the water that is used to distill scotch.  You see, most of the distillers in Scotland maintain establishments that are centered around fresh water springs that originate from the various mountains in Scotland.  These fresh water springs provide pure tasting clear water that has been refined from the mountain ice caps.  Some of these ice caps have snow that has been there for years and by the time the snow melts and releases the water down the hills it is filtered and given a unique taste that can only be found in the hills of Scotland.

Scotch has been around for quite a number of years.  It dates back to the early settles of Scotland, a time since the early Celts.  The Celts valued the drink because of the way that it kept them warm.  Researching a little further you will also find that there are quite a few different types of scotch, including the single grain, the blended whiskey and the blended malt.

Single grain malts are very expensive and are quite rare and even harder to find.  To date there are only 7 known distillers in Scotland that actually make this type of scotch.

The more common type of scotch is the blended malt scotch or whiskey.  This type of scotch is very common and can be brought at almost any store the stocks liquor.  Approx 90% of the scotch made in Scotland is Blended whiskey.  Compared to the single malt scotch, blended whiskey is much milder.

To make scotch and whiskey even more attractive they are packaged in designer bottles usually made out of crystal.  That being said they make wonderful gifts and great collector items.