Drink much? I do occasionally and I personally love whisky the most.
I just learned that whisky is made from fermented grain mash. 
Really? I never knew that! Maybe that's why I like it so much haha.
Yeap, they use different grains to make it taste different.
So different grains make different whiskeys? 
They do. Then they age it in a wooden cask that is made of charred white oak normally.
That's so cool! How long does it age typically?
Whisky
Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.
Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many classes and types. The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels.
Etymology.
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base product, alcoholic content, and quality.
- Malt whisky is made primarily from malted barley.
- Grain whisky is made from any type of grain.
Malts and grains are combined in various ways:
- "Single malt whisky" is whisky from a single distillery made from a mash that uses only one particular malted grain. Unless the whisky is described as "single-cask", it contains whisky from many casks, and different years, so the blender can achieve a taste recognisable as typical