Hey Wilfred!   
      
    WvV> There is nothing wrong with Irish whisky. You just shouldn't   
    WvV> compare it to Scotish single malts. It's apples and oranges. ;)   
      
   No, it's whisky and whisky.  Scotch is only called scotch because it is whisky   
   made in Scotland.  In the case of the single malt scotches, I'd be inclined to   
   compare them to single male whisky and cited a possible contender that is made   
   in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, which happens to be located on the east coast of   
   Canada.  If they made it in Scotland it would indeed be a single malt scotch   
   but instead is called a single malt whisky since it isn't made in Scotland BUT   
   is definetly worthy of comparison to Scotish single malts.   
      
    WvV> I once tasted a rye whiskey from Seagram (is that Canadian?).   
      
   It used to be.  I am not sure anymore.  Anyhow I don't believe they make, or   
   ever made, a single malt whisky.  As far as the 'e' in whiskey, I've heard   
   that the Irish added that in to spite the Scots.  ;-)   
      
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