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English whisky

I have updated the number of distillers to reflect the current no, I have added a few words about English whisky brands and the current GI which is important and organised te text so that it flows more easily from the history to the currently information. ChefBear01 (talk) 11:04, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Earliest distillation in Ireland and Scotland

This article bizarrely has the line "The practice of distillation spread to Ireland and Scotland no later than the 15th century", followed a few sentences later by "The earliest mention of whiskey in Ireland comes from the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which attributes the death of a chieftain in 1405 to "taking a surfeit of aqua vitae" at Christmas". Further more Irish whiskey states "Irish whiskey was one of the earliest distilled drinks in Europe, arising around the 12th century".

That non sequitur has remained in place from no later than 2013. I have no idea about when distillation actually started but I do find it amusing that for over a decade nobody noticed an Irish chieftain died from drinking too much whiskey centuries before it apparently existed in Ireland. hahahaha. BeardedChimp (talk) 04:51, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He died in 1405. That would be the 15th century mentioned, which consisted of the years 1401 through 1500.. Because the first century was the years 1–100 AD.

now that doesn't address the apparent conflict with the Irish whiskey article, but there is no conflict within this article, just a failure of reading comprehension on your part. oknazevad (talk) 06:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]