Happy New Year from Whisky Enquiries. 

Some Industry Facts 

· The Industry earns £125 every second by exporting Whisky.

· 99 million cases were exported Worldwide in 2014. If we laid these bottles end to end they would stretch for about 30,000kms or the distance from Edinburgh to New York six times over.

· More than 10,000 people are directly employed in the Whisky Industry.

· Over 40,000 jobs in the UK are supported by the industry.

· Some 20 million casks are maturing in warehouses throughout Scotland.

· Scotch Whisky sells three times better than its nearest rival Whisky.

· More Scotch is sold in France in one month than Cognac in a year.

· Aberdeen University was the first in the UK to establish regular Medical Teaching in 1494, the same year as the earliest written reference to Whisky in Scotland.

· Andrew Usher was credited with producing the first Blended Whisky in 1853.

· The construction of the Usher Hall in Edinburgh was funded by Andrew Usher, he donated £100,000 to the city specifically to fund a new concert hall.

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Contact Michel Hanratty of Whisky Inquires whiskyenquiries@hotmail.co.uk