Omunye wemikhosi edumile eScotland yi Umkhosi we-Speyside Whisky (Umoya we-Speyside Whisky Festival).
Kepha ngo-2020, ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus, imicimbi yomkhosi ikhanseliwe.
Izwe ngalinye linomkhiqizo walo kazwelonke, ukuziqhenya kwalo ngobuzwe. AbakwaScot bayaziqhenya nge-whisky yabo.
Ngokuqala kwentwasahlobo eScotland, isikhathi semikhosi nemikhosi enikelwe iwhisky iyaqala. Eyokuqala iqala i-The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, ethatha izinsuku eziyi-6. Ilandelwa nguFisis Ile - umkhosi weMalt noMculo. Kanjalo kuze kube nguSepthemba, lapho kuqala khona owokugcina - Umkhosi we-Autumn Speyside Whisky.
I-Speyside iyikhaya lesibalo esiphakeme kakhulu sama-distilleries emhlabeni. Kunezimboni ezingaphezu kwekhulu ezikhiqiza isiphuzo esidumile. Kukhona ama-distilleries adume kakhulu - iGlenfiddich, Glen Grant, Strathisla…
Kanye ngonyaka, abantu abavamile bangavakashela amafektri abakhiqizi be-whisky abadume kakhulu. Ezikhathini ezijwayelekile, amafektri awavumeli abantu bangaphandle ukuthi bangene kumasifundisane abo. Ingxenye eyinhloko nehehayo yomkhosi ukunambitha izinhlobo eziningi nezinhlobonhlobo zesiphuzo esinamakha., kufaka phakathi ngaphansi kokuholwa ngongoti. Ngesikhathi somkhosi, unganambitha izinhlobo ze-whisky ezivame kakhulu nezikhulile kakhulu.
Ngesikhathi somkhosi, kubanjwa imihlangano nabaqoqi abangabelana ngolwazi lwabo, izinhlelo zokudansa ngokuchema nobuzwe. Kukhona ukuvakasha okungokomlando okusitshela ngezinqubo zobuchwepheshe, ukuvela komklamo webhodlela nowelebula. Ukuvakashelwa kuhlelwa emagaraji emnyuziyamu amafemu, lapho wonke amasampula amaloli okuqala aletha umkhiqizo ofunekayo kubathengi eqoqwa. Labo ababambiqhaza lapho i-whisky iqala ukuvusa igazi eliqubukayo lokhokho babo bayamenywa ukuba babambe iqhaza emidlalweni yaseScotland: ukuphonsa isigodo noma isando.
Uhlelo lomkhosi wokuhlonipha umuthi wokuphila wendawo lubandakanya imincintiswano yobumnandi, amadili kanye namadina kuma-distilleries, amaqembu aseScotland anomculo nokudansa, amamenyu akhethekile ezindaweni zokudlela, imincintiswano ehlukahlukene nemincintiswano, umbukiso wemfashini wamakhilikithi (iziketi zaseScotland), ukuvakashelwa eMnyuziyamu weWhisky kanye nomncintiswano wokwakhiwa kwemigqomo esheshayo, imibukiso nobusuku bomculo wesintu waseScotland.
Kunezinhlobonhlobo eziningi ze-whisky emhlabeni: baphuza imbiza yaseMelika, yase-Ireland emsulwa namanje, kepha kwamukelwa kabanzi ukuthi i-whisky yangempela yi-Scotch malt whiskey malt.
Umlando wesiphuzo ungalandelwa emuva ngekhulu le-12. Ukubhalwa kwawo wonke ama-whiskeys emhlabeni kukhonjwe ngu-Saint Patrick, indela yase-Ireland enemvelaphi yaseScots. Emiqulwini kaMgcinimafa waseScotland, eyaqala emuva ku-1494, okulandelayo kwatholakala: “Nikeza uMfoweth 'uJohn Carr amabhola ayisishiyagalombili emithombo ukuze enze i-aquavit.” - le mali yemithombo inokwanela ukwenza cishe amabhodlela ayi-1500 we-whisky yanamuhla! Lolu suku lubhekwa njengosuku lokuzalwa olusemthethweni lwe-Scotch whisky, ngoba i-Latin "aqua vitae" - "amanzi okuphila" - yabhalwa ngesiCelt njenge-uisge beatha (e-Ireland - uisce beatha). Ngokusobala bekuvilapha ukuphimisa igama elinamalunga amabili. Kancane kancane, kwasala uisge wamagama amabili kuphela, aguqulwa aba uiskie, abe yi-whisky.
Ikhwalithi ye-whisky yakhiwe ngezinto eziningi. Imera liyomiswa ngentuthu, ngenxa yalokhu kushiswa amalahle e-peat. Indawo yokukhishwa kwe-peat ibaluleke kakhulu. Amalahle e-Aberdeen anambitheka kakhulu e-Isle of Skye charcoal.
Imithombo ixubene namanzi ukukhiqiza i-wort. I-wort iyabila, i-mash iyakhishwa, bese kutholakala isisombululo sotshwala. Isixazululo sigugile emigqonyeni ye-oki. Ikhwalithi ye-whisky incike ohlotsheni lwe-oki, indawo yokukhula kwayo. Izinhlobo ezinhle kakhulu zithelwa emiphongolweni ye-sherry evela ePeninsula yase-Iberia.
Uhulumeni wase-UK unakekele ukuchaza lesi siphuzo. Ngo-1988, kwaphasiswa iScotch Whisky Act. I-Scotch whisky ilandisa cishe ingxenye yesine yokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kuka-Albion.
Ngenkathi wonke umuntu ekhululekile ukuphuza i-whisky ayithandayo njengoba ethanda, kunemithetho ethile okufanele ilandelwe lapho kukhethwa ingilazi nokunambitha iwhisky ukuze usazise kahle isiphuzo futhi uthuthukise umuzwa wokunambitha.