Insider knowledge: Clynelish 12 Year Old 1998 (cask 6057) - Provenance (Douglas Laing) whisky is named whisky by virtue of the fact it's from Scotland. If distilled in America the spelling would be Clynelish 12 Year Old 1998 (cask 6057) - Provenance (Douglas Laing) whiskey, as opposed to whisky.