Chimodzi mwa zikondwerero zodziwika bwino ku Scotland ndi Chikondwerero cha Whisky cha Speyside (Mzimu wa Speyside Whisky Phwando).
Koma mu 2020, chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus, zochitika zamaphwando zidathetsedwa.
Dziko lirilonse liri ndi katundu wake wa dziko, kunyada kwa dziko. A Scots amanyadira mowa wawo.
Kumayambiriro kwa masika ku Scotland, nthawi ya zikondwerero ndi zikondwerero zoperekedwa ku whisky imayamba. Yoyamba imayamba The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, yomwe imakhala masiku 6. Imatsatiridwa ndi Feis Ile - chikondwerero cha Malt ndi Nyimbo. Ndipo mpaka September, pamene womaliza akuyamba - Autumn Speyside Whisky Phwando.
Speyside ndi kwawo komwe kuli malo ochulukirachulukira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Pali mafakitale opitilira 100 omwe amapanga zakumwa zodziwika bwino. Pali ma distilleries otchuka kwambiri - Glenfiddich, Glen Grant, Strathisla ...
Kamodzi pachaka, anthu wamba amatha kupita kumafakitale a opanga ma whisky otchuka kwambiri. Nthawi yabwino, mafakitale salola anthu akunja kulowa m'ma workshop awo. Mbali yaikulu komanso yochititsa chidwi kwambiri ya chikondwererochi ndi kulawa kwa mitundu yambiri ndi mitundu ya zakumwa zonunkhira., kuphatikizapo motsogozedwa ndi akatswiri. Pa chikondwererochi, mutha kulawa mitundu yosowa kwambiri komanso yokhwima kwambiri ya whisky.
Pa chikondwererochi, misonkhano imachitika ndi osonkhanitsa omwe angathe kugawana nawo zomwe akumana nazo, mapulogalamu ovina ndi kukondera kwa dziko. Pali maulendo akale omwe amanena za njira zamakono, kusinthika kwa botolo ndi mapangidwe a zilembo. Maulendo amakonzedwa kumagalasi osungiramo zinthu zakale zamafakitale, komwe zitsanzo zonse zamagalimoto oyambilira omwe adapereka zomwe akufuna kwa ogula zimasonkhanitsidwa. Otenga nawo mbali omwe whisky amayamba kudzutsa magazi akuthwa a makolo awo akuitanidwa kuti achite nawo masewera a ku Scotland: kuponya chipika kapena nyundo.
Pulogalamu ya chikondwererochi yolemekeza moyo wam'deralo imaphatikizapo mipikisano yosangalatsa, madyerero ndi chakudya chamadzulo m'ma distilleries, maphwando aku Scottish okhala ndi nyimbo ndi kuvina, mindandanda yazakudya zapadera m'malesitilanti, mipikisano yosiyanasiyana ndi mpikisano, chiwonetsero cha mafashoni a kilts (masiketi aku Scottish), kuyendera. kupita ku Museum of Whisky ndi mpikisano womanga migolo yofulumira kwambiri, ziwonetsero komanso mausiku anyimbo aku Scottish.
Pali mitundu yambiri ya kachasu padziko lapansi: amamwa American , Irish pure pot akadali, koma amavomereza kuti kachasu weniweni ndi Scotch malt whisky malt.
Mbiri ya chakumwa ichi idayambika m'zaka za zana la 12. Mlembi wa ma whisky onse padziko lapansi akuti adalembedwa ndi Saint Patrick, mmonke waku Ireland wochokera ku Scots. M’mipukutu ya Treasury of Scotland, ya m’ma 1494, munapezeka mawu otsatirawa: Perekani mipira isanu ndi itatu ya chimera kwa Mbale John Carr kuti apange aquavit. - kuchuluka kwa chimerachi kungakhale kokwanira kupanga mabotolo pafupifupi 1500 a whisky yamakono! Tsikuli limatengedwa kuti ndi pafupifupi tsiku lovomerezeka la kubadwa kwa kachasu waku Scotch, chifukwa liwu lachilatini lakuti "aqua vitae" - "madzi a moyo" - linalembedwa mu Celtic monga uisge beatha (ku Ireland - uisce beatha). Zinali zaulesi kutchula mawu a sillable awiri. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, mawu awiri okha adatsalira, omwe adasandulika kukhala uiskie, ndiyeno kukhala whisky.
Ubwino wa kachasu umapangidwa ndi zinthu zambiri. Chimera chimauma mu utsi, chifukwa chake makala a peat amawotchedwa. Malo opangira peat ndi ofunikira kwambiri. Makala a Aberdeen amakoma mosiyana kwambiri ndi makala a Isle of Skye.
Chimera chimasakanizidwa ndi madzi kuti chitulutse wort. Wort amafufutidwa, phala lake limasungunuka, ndipo madzi akumwa mowa amapangidwa. Yankho lake ndi okalamba mu migolo ya oak. Ubwino wa whiskey umadalira mtundu wa oak, dera la kukula kwake. Mitundu yabwino kwambiri imatsanuliridwa mumigolo ya sherry yochokera ku Iberian Peninsula.
Boma la UK lasamalira kufotokozera chakumwa ichi. Mu 1988, lamulo la Scotch Whisky linaperekedwa. Kachasu wa Scotch amawerengera pafupifupi kotala la zinthu zomwe Albion amagulitsa kunja.
Ngakhale kuti aliyense ali ndi ufulu kumwa kachasu yemwe amamukonda momwe angafunire, pali malamulo ena oyenera kutsatiridwa posankha galasi ndikulawa kachasu kuti muyamikire chakumwacho ndikuwonjezera kukoma kwake.