Whiskey (Whiskey) is a distilled alcoholic beverage of grains, often including malt, which has been aged in barrels. Its alcohol content is 38 to 54% ethyl alcohol in volume at a temperature of 20 ° C, according to Brazilian legislation. "Whiskey" is the name commonly given to drink in the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan, while the term used in the United States and Ireland is whiskey.
Whiskey is one of the most appreciated alcoholic beverages in the world, however, its intake must be moderate, since its alcoholic volume is very high.
Whiskey is also known as whiskey in Scotland and Canada or whiskey in America and Ireland. It is a term derived from the abbreviation "usquebaugh" which comes from the Gaelic "uisce beatha" which means that whiskey is the "water of life" because of its strong aroma and flavor.