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1、Scotch whisky history is the oldest?

In fact, the first legal whisky distillery is not in Scotland, but Ireland.

In 1608, Ireland's OldBushmills distillery was first granted a distillation license by the then King James I, and became the first legal production of whisky distillery. However, it is generally believed that Bowmore was the first distillery to receive a license in Scotland in 1779, more than 170 years after the Irish distillery. In fact, there were more than 200 distilleries in Ireland in the 18th century, a larger number than in Scotland, but unfortunately these distilleries closed down one after another due to wars and other reasons, and only a few Irish distilleries remained.

2、750mLvs.700mL

To deduce the age of a bottle of whiskey is sometimes very difficult, especially clubone好唔好 early years of production. Today to teach you a way to let you can more clearly deduce the date of production, that is, pay attention to the volume of the bottle. Previously, Scottish law required that the volume of whisky be 750mL, but this was changed to 700mL in 1990, so if you have a bottle of The Macallan 10 year old whisky and the volume is 750mL, you can be almost certain that the bottle was produced in the 80's or earlier. However, readers should be aware of some contingencies, such as the United States still requires that the volume of whiskey sold must be 750mL, so if the bottle is imported to the United States, this method will be wrong.

3、You won't find Scotch whisky distilled in 1944

During the Second World War, most of the Scotch whisky distilleries stopped making whisky because the country needed wheat seed for military pay. Therefore, most of the Scottish distilleries could not use malt to distill whisky unless they had special permission. Checking records, only the following distilleries were licensed to distill between 1941 and 1943: Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, The Macallan, Mortlach and HighlandPark, and there is not even a single bottle of 1944 distilled whisky on the market. Next time if you see a 1944 whisky, you will understand what happened.

4、Why is there a 39 degree whisky?

Have you ever noticed that some old Japanese whiskies are occasionally 39 degrees or 37 degrees?

This seems very strange, after all, in Scotland, the alcohol must be 40 degrees to be called whisky, but in Japan there is no such law. Before the new alcohol tax was introduced in Japan, the tax collected by the government was proportional to the alcoholic strength, and the higher the alcoholic strength, the higher the tax paid. Therefore, whisky manufacturers occasionally released whisky with an alcohol content of less than 40 degrees in order to reduce the tax paid. But this situation has disappeared after the Japanese tax reform in 1989.

5、Can't find the name of the distillery on the label?

Originally, not every bottle of single malt whisky will indicate its distillery, some individual bottlers due to contractual relations and can not publish the name of the distillery, so sometimes will write a fictitious distillery name, such as: Ballindalloch or PrideofStrathspey, etc.. In most cases these fictitious distillery names are not reused and therefore it is impossible to tell what they really are. But there are exceptions, for example Ballindalloch generally stands for Glenfarclas, Hebrides for Talisker, etc. This may be the bottling plant intends to let customers know the true face of the distillery and can very much avoid the rejection of the contract it.

6、Whisky to "shake the gas"?

Yes! Whiskey and red wine is the same as the need to unwind. Many people think that whisky can be ready to drink, but according to my experience, most whisky will be more delicious a month after opening the cap. Therefore, I suggest that readers of the newly opened bottle of whisky need to be in the glass "shake gas" for at least 15 minutes to enjoy, so that one can let the excess alcohol evaporate away, reducing the bad stimulation of the nose; secondly, the whisky after a slight oxidation will be more prominent flavor, structure will be more obvious. Some particularly high alcohol content of the original single cask, I even tried to open the wine to room temperature for a month 威士忌 香港, the quality of the wine compared to just open the lid 10 times better!

7, the wine tears or "hanging edge" is the old age?

I have heard some friends who are new to whisky infer that some whiskies are old because they have long tears. This statement is incorrect. It is not the age of the whisky that determines how long the tears are in the glass, but rather the concentration of compounds (especially oils) in the spirit that affects the length of the tears. In addition, the concentration of alcohol is partly responsible, but certainly has no direct influence on age.