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Whiskey

an ardent spirit, distilled generally from barley, but sometimes also from wheat, rye, sugar, molasses, etc. There are two varieties-viz., malt whiskey and grain whiskey. The former is of finer mer is of finer quality, and made prinbarley and sometimes, though rarely , from rye. latter is cheaper but stronger, and is The made from various substances, as supotatoes, but principally from unmalted grain, as Indian corn, barley, oats, etc., dried and ground up.

If kept sufficiently long, it is equal in quality to malt whiskey.

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