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Around 42 bottles of whisky are exported from Scotland every second.

Kentucky is home to more barrels of aging bourbon than people.

During WWII, many bourbon distilleries were converted to making fuel and penicillin.

Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniel's.

France purchases more whisky/ey than any other spirit, 47%.

The Jack Daniel's distillery is located in a dry county, The one exception, the distillery.

The 1st Scottish distillery to install a Coffey Still was the Grange Distillery.

The baker aboard the Titanic, was rescued after three hours of treading water. He claimed he hadn't succumb to the cold due to the whisky he had consumed before the tragic sinking.

There are only a few varieties out of 300,000 of barley suitable for making whisky.

John Jameson, founder of Jameson's Irish Whisky was Scottish.

One large oak tree will yield enough wood for approximately 3- 60 gallon casks.

Margie Samuels, wife of Maker's Mark distillery owner came up with the signature red wax on the bottles.

Jack Daniel's is Tennessee whiskey, not bourbon.

The Scotch found from the Shackelton Antartic expedition found in 2006, didn't freeze at 30 degrees below zero.

Whiskey in Gaelic is "uisge beathe, which means 'water of life.'

Iceland has two distilleries, both use sheep manure as fuel for kilning.

Kikori is a Japanese whiskey made from rice.

Tabasco sauce is aged in Jack Daniel's barrels.

The Scotch lost to evaporation during maturation is known as the angels share.

Guinness world Records says the oldest bottle of whisky if a bottle of Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky. Bottled between 1851 and 1858.