(I) We may suspect that the Scots keep their very best malt whisky to preserve their own toes and fingers in cold weather. (II) But they make enough for England and other countries, (III) In fact 80 % of Scotch whisky goes outside the British Isles. (IV) But three-year-old whisky is still young, and the best whisky houses let their whisky mature for ten or even fifteen years. (V) People drink it in all sorts of ways, before meals, during meals and after meals.