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O ne story sometimes heard is that whisky is an ancient celtic drink a claim often backed up by the fact that the word whisky is a corruption of the gaelic uisce beatha meaning water of life its such a pleasing idea that it really ought to be true. Whisky a brief history hardcover april 1 2007 by gavin d smith author 39 out of 5 stars 3 ratings see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions price new from used from hardcover please retry 1750 1750 387 hardcover 1750. Whisky is made from a fermented grain mash the mix might include corn rye wheat barley and other grains and is aged for a long time in wooden barrels whisky can only be classified as scotch if it was made in scotland the earliest record of distilling in scotland is from 1494 according to whiskycom. The 15th century the first known historical reference to whisk ey is from the early 15th century in 1405 it was recorded in irelands annals of clonmacnoise that an irish chieftain had died taking a surfeit of aqua vitae at christmas