Saturday 21 May 2016
National Learn To Swim Day
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It's a Swimming Celebration! Founded by Swimways in 2012, National Learn to Swim Day is dedicated to educating parents and children about water safety and the importance and benefits of learning to swim.
Held on the third Saturday of May each year, Swimways encourages parents and caregivers nationwide to celebrate in their own way.
National Learn to Swim Day can be any day you want – there's no time limit on learning to swim!
And
World Whisky Day
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It is World Whisky Day today and if you still haven’t tried the ultimate modern day somras, go ahead and grab a drink with your friends right away! Be it an expensive khamba of Scotch Whisky or a quarter of Imperial Blue, if you are a regular whisky consumer, someone who drinks occasionally or if you have never tried whisky ever – today is the day, and one doesn’t simply not reap it’s chance!
To make the WWD a bit more fun, here is some whisky trivia that is mostly unheard of or just get smart and know your whisky business. Cheers!
![[Image: Whiskey-or-wiskey-2-700x380.jpg]](http://gamlinwhiskeyhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Whiskey-or-wiskey-2-700x380.jpg)
01. Two of a Kind
Whisky is spelt as ‘Whisky’ and ‘Whiskey’. ‘Whisky’ being more exclusive to Scotland, Japan and Canada, while ‘whiskey’ being prominent in the US and rest of the world.
According to popular Scottish belief, they spell whisky without an ‘e’ because more vowels waste good drinking time!
![[Image: istockphoto_2620121-single-malt-whiskey-in-a-glass.jpg]](http://www.mynslc.com/ContentImages/SPIRITS/SINGLE%20MALT/istockphoto_2620121-single-malt-whiskey-in-a-glass.jpg)
02. The Water of Life
Whisky literally means the ‘water of life’ in Gaelic. Need we say more?
![[Image: distilling-process-1.jpg]](http://glacierdistilling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/distilling-process-1.jpg)
03. A Process 4,000 Years Old
The process of distillation which literally produces alcohol, was first established about 4,000 years ago in Babylon and Mesopotamia.
![[Image: whisky_2452205b.jpg]](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02452/whisky_2452205b.jpg)
04. Types of Whisky
The single malt kind of whisky has over 5,000 types! Now, that’s a lot of alcoholic variety.
![[Image: 800px-Beam_Rack_House.jpg]](http://whiskyrepublicofindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800px-Beam_Rack_House.jpg)
05. The Whisky Angels
The Angel’s steal which is typically the evaporation of alcohol in barrel storage of whisky for the aging process is taxed heavily by some governments. At least 4% of whisky gets evaporated each year.
![[Image: Whisky-Barrels.jpg]](http://realmendrinkwhiskey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Whisky-Barrels.jpg)
06. Alcohol – The Real Deal
When stored in casks or barrels prepackaging and dilution, Raw Whisky contains anywhere between 50-75% of alcohol content in it. Yes, the neat alcohol in your bottle is diluted.
![[Image: fg20130208mja.jpg]](http://jto.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fg20130208mja.jpg)
07. Varying Distillation
What makes Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey what it is, is their process of distillation which is unique to them. The Scottish distill their whisky twice and the Irish, thrice!
![[Image: eaaa62ef22b6d758b1ca88ae8efdebc5.jpg]](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ea/aa/62/eaaa62ef22b6d758b1ca88ae8efdebc5.jpg)
08. Once Liquid, Always Liquid
When some polar explorers carried whiskey during their journey to the South Pole, the drink didn’t freeze even at -30 C. Whisky may solidify in the extreme of extreme weather, something probably worse than the South Pole.
![[Image: 303_how-and-why-to-set-drinks-on-fire_flash.jpg]](http://images.askmen.com/fine_living/wine_dine_archive_300/303_how-and-why-to-set-drinks-on-fire_flash.jpg)
09. Fire Measurement
As per Scottish beliefs, if whisky is set on fire, the alcohol content can be spotted in accordance to the kind of flames that conjure.
Apparently, many distilleries in Scotland still practice the flame test, and the drinks with lower or higher alcohol content are sold to workers at cheap rates.
![[Image: P9058283.jpg]](http://docbrown.info/docspics/suttonbank/walk4/P9058283.jpg)
10. Whisky May Not Kill Everyone
The production of whisky requires large amount of grains and corn, thus excess corn and grains left over is oftentimes (mainly in Scotland, which has dairy and whisky production largely) served as fodder to the cattle!
National Learn To Swim Day
It's a Swimming Celebration! Founded by Swimways in 2012, National Learn to Swim Day is dedicated to educating parents and children about water safety and the importance and benefits of learning to swim.
Held on the third Saturday of May each year, Swimways encourages parents and caregivers nationwide to celebrate in their own way.
National Learn to Swim Day can be any day you want – there's no time limit on learning to swim!
And
World Whisky Day
It is World Whisky Day today and if you still haven’t tried the ultimate modern day somras, go ahead and grab a drink with your friends right away! Be it an expensive khamba of Scotch Whisky or a quarter of Imperial Blue, if you are a regular whisky consumer, someone who drinks occasionally or if you have never tried whisky ever – today is the day, and one doesn’t simply not reap it’s chance!
To make the WWD a bit more fun, here is some whisky trivia that is mostly unheard of or just get smart and know your whisky business. Cheers!
01. Two of a Kind
Whisky is spelt as ‘Whisky’ and ‘Whiskey’. ‘Whisky’ being more exclusive to Scotland, Japan and Canada, while ‘whiskey’ being prominent in the US and rest of the world.
According to popular Scottish belief, they spell whisky without an ‘e’ because more vowels waste good drinking time!
02. The Water of Life
Whisky literally means the ‘water of life’ in Gaelic. Need we say more?
03. A Process 4,000 Years Old
The process of distillation which literally produces alcohol, was first established about 4,000 years ago in Babylon and Mesopotamia.
04. Types of Whisky
The single malt kind of whisky has over 5,000 types! Now, that’s a lot of alcoholic variety.
05. The Whisky Angels
The Angel’s steal which is typically the evaporation of alcohol in barrel storage of whisky for the aging process is taxed heavily by some governments. At least 4% of whisky gets evaporated each year.
06. Alcohol – The Real Deal
When stored in casks or barrels prepackaging and dilution, Raw Whisky contains anywhere between 50-75% of alcohol content in it. Yes, the neat alcohol in your bottle is diluted.
07. Varying Distillation
What makes Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey what it is, is their process of distillation which is unique to them. The Scottish distill their whisky twice and the Irish, thrice!
08. Once Liquid, Always Liquid
When some polar explorers carried whiskey during their journey to the South Pole, the drink didn’t freeze even at -30 C. Whisky may solidify in the extreme of extreme weather, something probably worse than the South Pole.
09. Fire Measurement
As per Scottish beliefs, if whisky is set on fire, the alcohol content can be spotted in accordance to the kind of flames that conjure.
Apparently, many distilleries in Scotland still practice the flame test, and the drinks with lower or higher alcohol content are sold to workers at cheap rates.
10. Whisky May Not Kill Everyone
The production of whisky requires large amount of grains and corn, thus excess corn and grains left over is oftentimes (mainly in Scotland, which has dairy and whisky production largely) served as fodder to the cattle!
Semper Fidelis
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