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Whiskey at iTunes

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The day that I visited, there were 38 apps at the iTunes store based on a search for “whiskey”.

Here are some of those apps.

The Dave Matthews Band Revenge is a game in the Tap Tap Revenge series. This game lets you tap and shake to the band’s greatest hits. 4 addictive levels.

Whiskey Pad helps you track all the different whiskeys that you have tried.

iBlends Scotch Whisky Companion contains detailed info about Scotch, Irish, and Japanese blended whiskies and brands.

The Whisky Guide lists the most popular Scottish single malts and gives a brief history of the distillery. There are also some tasting note guides to help you make the right choices.

Visit the iTunes store via iTunes on your computer to see the other 34 apps. (on a quick visit to the web version of iTunes store I could not find these apps)

Whiskey at Amazon

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I did a search for “whiskey” at Amazon.com. Here is some of what I found.

Under music …

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King by the Dave Matthews Band
Whiskey Falls by Whiskey Falls
Road of Life by Whiskey Myers
The Very Best of Whiskey Daredevils by Whiskey Daredevils
Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs by Various Artists
Whiskey on a Sunday by Flogging Molly
Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound: Original Classic Hits, Vol. 4 by Hank Williams Jr.
Between the Whiskey and the Wine by Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers

More entries (632 in all)

In other non-book sections of Amazon, there were several thousand items, including glasses, calendars, decanters, flasks, tin signs, posters, used whiskey barrel 1/2s for gardens, t-shirts, hats, and even a Jack Daniel’s Rubix Cube.

And … not to forgot what Amazon is famous for, here are the Whiskey Books.

Whisky vs. Brandy

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Whisky. Brandy. What is the difference?

To quote Maggie Savarino, “To make a whisky, you start with grain. To make a brandy, you start with wine, and sometimes other fruit. Bourbon, rye, and Scotch are all whisky (whiskey in some places), while grappa, marc, Armagnac, and cognac are brandies one and all, with a few distinctions.”

Maggie goes on to explain how the type of cask used to age the drink, and even the location of the distillery, can impact the flavour.

Visit the rest of her article by clicking on her name above the quote.

Let me know your thoughts on Maggie’s article by leaving a comment here.

Shackleton’s Scotch Whisky Recovered

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Talk about Scotch with Ice!

Five crates of Scotch and brandy belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, buried for more than 100 years in the ice under the explorer’s hut in Antarctica, have been found.

As of the writing of this post, the bottles had not yet been extracted from the ice. Experts think that as long as the bottles are removed intact, the precious liquid inside them will be fine.

To read more about this story, visit the New York Daily News website. The New York Times also had a post about this.

And one more at TVNZ.