Le whisky leScottch

I-Scotch whisky, ngokwemibare yamanani, enye yeengxube ezithengisa kakhulu. Ngokomyinge, okwesibini kwihlabathi kuthengiswa ngeebhotile ezingamashumi amathathu.

Imbali yemvelaphi yesiselo iyimfihlakalo, iyaziwa kuphela ukuba iiCelt zaqala ukwenza. Igama elithi "whisky" livela kwi-Celtic "yamanzi ebomi", esele yenza ukuba sikwazi ukuphakamisa kwisikhundla sesiselo esisodwa.

I-Scotch whiskey iphambi kweentengiso zase-Ireland, eCanada, eJapan naseMerika. Esi sisiselo esinxilisayo esinxilisayo, esithandwa kakhulu ngabantu abathandayo utywala obuphezulu.

Ukubizwa ngokuba yi-Scotch whisky yangempela, kuyo yonke imilinganiselo yamazwe ngamazwe, umoya ococekileyo kufuneka wenziwe eScotland kuphela kubhontshisi bomhlaba kunye namanzi; Utyiswa ngesonka; Yiba nevumba lezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo ezisetyenziswe kwimveliso yayo; Ukhulile kwimibhobho ye-oki ubuncinane iminyaka emithathu; Kwakhona akukho ndawo iqulethe izithako, ngaphandle kwe-caramel kunye namanzi.

I-Scotch whisky ibizwa nangokuthi i-scotch, nto leyo epheleleyo. Esi siselo siphule kwiinqanaba ezinhlanu zeklasi. Iintlobo zayo eziphambili zilandelayo:

1. I-malt i-whiskey yodwa, i-100% iveliswe kwii-1 ze-distillery. Abantu abaninzi bathanda oku.
2. I-whiskey yamagilebhisi. Kwakhona ikhutshwe ngamanzi kunye neenqolowa kwimveliso eyodwa. Kodwa ingasetyenziselwa nje i-hareyi kuphela, kodwa kunye nezinye izityalo.
3. I-Blended Scotch whiskey ngumxube we-cereal kunye ne- single malt whisky kwiindawo ezahlukileyo ze-distilleries. Esi sisiselo esiqhelekileyo namhlanje.
4. I-malt whiskey ehlanganisiwe, idalwe ngokukhawuleza kwisiphuzo esisodwa se-malt kwiindawo ezahlukileyo ze-distilleries.
5. I-whiskey edibeneyo ye-Blended, eyenziwe ngokuxuba ama-distilleries ambalwa.

Isiselo esilwayo singenziwa kuphela eScotland. Into ebonakalayo ebalulekileyo kwimveliso yayo ibhali. Okokuqala, i-malt iqokelelwe, ngoko yomileyo isebenzisa umsi womsi, ukuze i-peaty ukunambitha yinto ebonakalayo yi-Scotch whisky.

Iimveliso zesi siselo zihluke kakhulu. Ingqikithi kukho amawaka angamawaka amabini, akhiqizwa kwiivenkile ezingaphezu kwekhulu eScotland. Ezinye zeempawu ezidume kakhulu yi-Famous Grouse uJohnnie Walker Red Label, i- Long John, uHankey Bannister, uClan Campbell, i-Teacher's Highland Cream kunye nabanye abaninzi. E-Rashiya, iimveliso ezidumileyo zi-Jameson, Bushmills kunye nePaddy.

Ininzi yesiselo esiphucukileyo namhlanje ihlanganiswe i-whiskey, oko kukuthi, amaxube atholakala ngokuxuba i-malt kunye ne-whiskey yengqolowa. Ngethuba lokuqala, ukuxuba ubuchwepheshe beeteknoloji besetyenzisiweyo ku-Andrew Asher ngo-1853.

I-Scotch whiskey enhle, ixabiso layo elinqunywe ngumqondiso kunye nokunyamezela kwayo, nangona kunjalo, ayisoze yancinci. Amanani aqala ukususela kwiidola ezingamashumi amabini kwibhotile. Ibhotile ebiza kakhulu kwi-Scotch tape (engaphezu kweminyaka engama-150 ubudala) yathengiswa kwintengiso malunga namashumi ama-60 eedola.

I-Whiskey ngokuguga kakuhle ibonwa njengento eselayo emele kwimibhobho eyi-10-12, ubuninzi-ubuncinane abathathu. Ngokuxhomekeke kwimimandla yokuvelisa, utywala buhluke ngokugqithisileyo.