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Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. Scotch Whisky is distilled from grain such as barley, corn, and rye, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. Scotch whisky is divided into four categories, single malt, vatted malt "pure malt", blended, and single grain.
Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. In the English speaking world it is often referred to as Scotch, including in the United Kingdom, although there the term whisky is usually taken to mean Scotch unless otherwise specified.
To be called Scotch whisky the spirit must conform to the standards of the Scotch Whisky Order of 1990, which clarified the Scotch Whisky Act of 1988, and mandates that the spirit,
1. Must be distilled at a Scottish distillery from water and malted barley, to which only other whole grains may be added, have been processed at that distillery into a mash, converted to a fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme systems, and fermented only by the addition of yeast,
2. Must be distilled to an alcoholic strength of less than 94.8 percent by volume so that it retains the flavor of the raw materials used in its production,
3. Must be matured in Scotland in oak casks for not less than three years,
4. Must not contain any added substance other than water and caramel coloring, and
5. May not be bottled at less than 40 percent alcohol by volume.
No whisky other than Scotch whisky may be made in Scotland.