As a bartender, I want to talk about my knowledge of whiskey.
In the popular movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service" the year before last, we saw the British gentleman's love for whiskey - he did not hesitate to perform the task of licking blood with a knife. Don't forget to admire how wonderful the Dalmore 62' is. Dalmore is a long-established whiskey distillery in Scotland. The iconic logo is a huge deer head logo on the bottle, which is very eye-catching. Of course, the quality of the wine is also unambiguous.
If you are also a serious drinker, I think you should know what I am talking about - whiskey is undoubtedly the most popular spirit in recent years, it is better to say that they have always been It has been popular in the Western world for more than a hundred years, and now this trend has reached China. Compared with wine, spirits have obvious advantages - they do not deteriorate quickly after opening the bottle, which means you can slowly prepare a bottle of whiskey at home, enjoy a little bit every day, and it will be fine if you drink it in three months or six months. Because it is of consistent quality.
When it comes to whiskey, the first thing most people think of is Johnnie Walker "Black Label" or Chivas Regal 12 years old (Chivas Regal). In the industry, they are both called blended whiskeys. (Blend), what is different from most people’s imagination is that whether it is John Walker, Chivas Regal or Ballantine’s, they are not actually a whiskey distillery, but just a blending factory. They blend the whiskey together and then bottle it. Good sale. This method can produce whiskey with more stable and smooth quality even if the brewing level is low. But in modern times, as the quality of independent whiskey distilleries gradually improves, single malt (single malt) has gradually begun to enter the big stage of the spirits market. Single malt means that the style and characteristics of the whiskey produced by this distillery can be better highlighted, and you can experience more interesting whiskeys in different styles.
That’s the ultimate rule in the world of single malt whiskey: personality. Wine can't please everyone, so it simply doesn't cater to most people's tastes. Use your own personality and characteristics to the extreme to make wine that pleases some people, rather than just a formality that pleases most people. But the pursuit of good whiskey is generally the same: a balanced and harmonious taste, a rich and pleasant taste, and finally a round body and a long aftertaste.
The whiskey market has gone crazy - this is what wine merchants said in the first half of this year. They can't understand why whiskey from Japan, a country that at first glance has nothing to do with whiskey, is so popular in the market. The price of Yamazaki, a single malt whiskey brand owned by Suntory, has only gone up, and it is often out of stock, which is very puzzling.
On the surface, we start to care about what is in the bottle and the quality of the wine, rather than the culture, history, brand, and added value. This is certainly a "good thing", but what is it actually like? Drinking seems to have nothing to do with rationality. In fact, the judging criteria are also very simple. Your own tongue is the only judge. This only represents my personal opinion. If you want to deepen your understanding of whiskey, you still need to explore the secrets behind it.
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