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If you're going to drink whiskey then you should only drink Irish whiskey since they are the ones that invented it. Some Scots still try to cling to the possibility that they may have invented it but they didn't. The first whiskey distillery was in Ireland. The word "Whiskey" comes from the Gaelic phrase "Uisce Beatha" which means "Water of Life." Uisce is pronounced Ish keh and "Whiskey" is the closest the stupid English could come to saying it and somehow it stuck. Scotch is the Scottish attempt at whiskey making. They use peat to heat the mash and it gives it a smokey kind of flavor. Peat is basically just dirt and the Irish would never use dirt to make whiskey! Bourbon is an American corn mash abomination that we've tried to pass of as whiskey. You can't make whiskey from corn. The Irish invented it and they make it from grain so if it's made from corn then it isn't whiskey and it sucks. Irish whiskey has been around for more then a thousand years and bourbon is only a few hundred years old so they can't have perfected it to the degree of the Irish yet. The Irish take more pride in distilling their whiskey then others do too. Irish whiskey is distilled 3 times while scotch and bourbon are only distilled 1-2 times usually. The Irish put more effort into it. If you're gonna do it, do it right!