The first written record of whisky production anywhere in Scotland: by distiller, Friar John Cor on
6/1/1495. The name whisky (no 'e') is derived from usquebaugh, itself derived from the
Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, spelled uisce beatha in Irish Gaelic, literally meaning the "water of life".

From the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland: "Eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aqua vitae"
(water of life) - more than a ton of malted barley, enough to produce 1,400 bottles of spirit.

Seems that Dalriadan Scots monks brought distillation with them when they came to Caledonia to convert
the Picts to Christianity in the fourth and fifth centuries CE. The first taxes on whisky production were
imposed in 1644, creating a whole new cottage industry in the countryside. Ever been to a shebeen?

    

	Crossing then in to the isles of heather
  	Friendships renewed where the folks forgather
  	Welcomes the word everyone together
  	Says with scotch on the rocks.
  
  		"Scotch On The Rocks"

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