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whiskey

[′wis·kē]
(food engineering)
A potable alcoholic beverage made by distilling fermented grain mashes and aging the distillate in wood, usually oak; principal sources of grain are barley, wheat, rye, oats, and corn.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Whiskey

 

a strong (40-50 percent alcoholic content) alcoholic liquor, especially popular in England and the USA. Whiskey is obtained by distilling fermented wort (malt) made from grains. Mature whiskey is blended, that is, mixed with distilled water and rectified alcohol and, in some instances, with wine, aromatic extracts, and so on.

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