From its earliest days, whisky spirits has been known for its curative and creative properties. It evolved into a unique cultural icon of the people who savoured it. It has charmed saints and tormented sinners. Each country, each distiller and blender, has made a distinct interpretation of spirits. Today whisky spirits is enjoying yet another revival as a cultural icon in modern day cigar-and-whisky parlours worldwide. While the exact origins of spirits are lost in the mists of time (like spirits themselves), it is generally accepted that the ancient Celts (and yes, that would include the Scots, Irish, Cornish and Welsh) knew how to distill grains and spirits at least as far back as 800 B.C. Given that they lacked the climate to grow the more fragile grapevines, their use of cereals such as barley and rye, both of which grew well in the northern European climate, was a logical choice for spirit making. Those Celts viewed their fiery spirit brew as a gift from their gods that literally brought the dead to life and warmed even the coldest spirit. In fact, in Celtic whisky is called "uisge beatha"the water of life.
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