The most favorite strong alcoholic beverage onWest, and not only there, undoubtedly, is whiskey. And in the list of the world's top 40 alcoholic beverages, 19 are held by its various brands. Also wide is the geography of its production. Even Japan and Australia release their whiskey. But the manufacturers of the most famous brands are countries such as Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the United States. And get whiskey by distilling various cereals, with further exposure in oak barrels. So, the basis of Canadian whiskey is rye, American bourbon is distilled from corn, and Irish ayrish and Scotch scotch are made from barley.
In addition, different brands are not only differentcereal basis, but also the frequency of distillation, aging and cooking traditions. So, the Americans for their bourbon only once use a completely new barrel of oak. And before use it is burned from the inside. And on Irish distilleries three-time distilling of ayrish is carried out. Scots also fumigate malt, intended for whiskey, over peat. Although neither the Irish nor the Americans do this. As a result, every drink - scotch, bourbon or ayrish gets its individuality and uniqueness.
And the history of whiskey is very rich and goes deepcenturies. Neither the Scots nor the Irish have yet decided who owns the primacy in his invention. At first, monks began to produce whiskey. They used the simplest distillers and consumed the drink as a medicine. Then the technology of grain distillation "left" the walls of the monasteries. It was "put into service" by Scottish peasants who lived on barren land. They found this in their interest and began to drive Scotch tape. This drink cost well, and its sale gave a good income.
And in the 16-17 centuries among the Irish and Scotswidespread production and, consequently, the consumption of this drink. But aging whiskey in those days was practiced very rarely. And most consumers drank it immediately after distillation. And then whiskey was driven from oats, rye and barley. Some distillers made three times the distillation of the same drink to increase its strength. And soon the whole of Scotland, from the poor peasants to the titled nobility, began to "use hard" scotch. This drink gradually became a “natural disaster”. And in order to somehow reduce the scale of drunkenness, the Scottish Parliament adopted a law, according to which the distillation of whiskey was allowed only to the nobility and the nobility. But this “dry law”, as it usually happens, did not bring results. Peasant movers just went into the "underground".
But the time of such brewing has passed, and inScotland itself has a lot of whiskey distillers producing real aged scotch. This drink ranks first in sales among all brands of whiskey. Making scotch became art, and art doesn't like repetition. Therefore, the brands of Scotch whiskey are now no less than the brands of the same French champagne. And in each distillery there is a scotch with its own taste and aroma.
Scotch whiskey is also divided into severalmain categories. And the best single malt whiskey is Single Malts. This is a kind of vintage scotch tape. This drink is made only from malted barley. And each instance of this whiskey is individual and unique and, therefore, expensive. But there are more simple and cheap (which does not mean bad) brands of Scotch whiskey. This is Blended or Blended Scotch. This drink consists of single malt whiskey, which is mixed with simpler grain spirits. And three-quarters of Scotch-made Scotch tape are blends that, however, are loved all over the world.
А массово производить зерновое виски стали после 1830 Then the Irishman Ernest Coffey made the distillation apparatus, previously invented by the Scotsman Robert Stein, more perfect. This made it possible to increase the production of this drink and to master it on an industrial level. And according to the technology, such whiskey is made from non-malted grain, to which must be added malted barley. And then this drink is used as the basis for various blended whiskeys.
And today all over the world know such blendedScotch tapes like Catty Sark, Clan Campbell, Famous Grouse, Isle of Skye and many others. And to this single malt Scotch whiskey are such brands: Aberlour, Balblair, Bowmore, Dalwinnie, Macallan and at least another twenty brands of good Scotch scotch.
