Glossary

Whisky	Scottish way of writing
Whiskey	Irish and American way of writing
Pure pot still whiskey	Whiskey made with equal portions of malted and non-malted barley. Typical Irish.
Single malt	Made from malted barley in one distillery. Not mixed with different malts.
Vatted malt	Made from malted barley in several distilleries. A blend of single malts.
Pur malt	Made from malted barley. The description does not explain whether it is a vatted malt or single malt.
Dram	A glass or portion of whisky
uisge beatha	Gaelic for "water of life". Uisge became uiskie which became whisky.
kiln	Area where the malted barley is dried over an open fire. Identifiable by the distinct pagoda shaped chimney.
grist	Malted barley crushed into a rough flouer.
mash tun	Large metal tub used for mashing.
wort	Sweet liquid extracted in the mashing process. Used as liquid for fermentation.
draff	Residual after mashing process. Reprocessed for cattle feed.
wash backs	Large pine vats to collect the cooled wort from the mashing process.
wash	Fermented liquid which goes into the distilling process.
wash still	Large still used for the first distillation.
spirit still	Still used in the second distillation process.
spirit safe	Chamber to measure and direct the liquid towards the wanted receptacle.
low wines	Liquid after the first distillation.
angel's share	1-2% of evaporation per year during maturation in casks.