Around the World in 80 drams

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Across
  1. 3. ENVY – Kentucky bourbon finished in port casks, cheekily named
  2. 7. – Once booming, now boutique – a Scotch region reborn
  3. 12. – Northern Irish distillery with a royal licence from 1608
  4. 14. – Japan’s ‘forest distillery’ nestled in the Alps
  5. 17. – Japanese pioneer of the dram world
  6. 18. – Island famous for smoke, sea spray, and seagull aggression
  7. 19. – Nikka’s elegant mountainous distillery
Down
  1. 1. – Brand born from Japan’s whisky founding father
  2. 2. – Triple-distilled Irish classic reborn in Offaly
  3. 4. – This “valley of the deer” leads in global sales
  4. 5. – Whisky that insists on being from Scotland or else
  5. 6. – Region with the highest concentration of Scotch distilleries
  6. 8. – Dublin’s modern malt trailblazer
  7. 9. – Taiwanese whisky winning awards left and right
  8. 10. – Bangalore-based whisky that broke the rules – and the mould
  9. 11. – Suntory’s smooth grain whisky distillery
  10. 12. – American classic made mostly from corn
  11. 13. COVE – Tasmanian tipple that took the world by storm
  12. 15. – Swedish innovator using local barley and forests
  13. 16. – Welsh whisky flying the red dragon flag