Please note that
whisky is not called
scotch in
Scotland. Here it is simply
whisky (or commonly refered to as a "
nip" of a "
dram").
There are many, many different
Scottish whiskys, and contrary to what
jde says in his writeup
Speyside is not the most commonly drank, that title would probably go to
Famous Grouse.
From what I have gathered so far there is a much smaller variety (as one would expect) of
whiskys available in the
U.S. compared to in
Scotland itself. This is a deep shame, because I am
fond a of a
wee dram every so often.