Craigellachie wani tsohon kamfanin sarrafa wiski ne na Scotland wanda aka sani da amfani da kwandunan tsutsotsi don sanyaya wiski, wanda ke ba wa ruhun abin da ake kira ƙarin ɗanɗano da kuma "halin tsoka" na musamman. Daga waɗannan kwandunan tsutsotsi ne aka ƙirƙiri sabon tarin, ta amfani da "kwandon daga injin sarrafa wiski wanda ke ƙirƙirar salon ruhi mai 'nauyi' wanda zai iya maimaita halayen musamman na wiski malt guda ɗaya.
A cewar mutanen da ke bayansa, sabon tarin Craigellachie Cask Collection ya fara ne da wiski mai shekaru 13 daga kamfanin sarrafa giya. An fara dasa shi ne a cikin itacen oak na Amurka - cakuda kwandunan bourbon da aka cika da kuma waɗanda aka sake ƙonewa - sannan ya shafe sama da shekara guda a cikin kwandunan Bas-Armagnac daga ƙarshen arewacin Gascony, Faransa, na farkon lokacin girma biyu.
"Craigellachie malt ne mai ƙarfin hali da tunani; mai cikakken jiki da nama, don haka muka yi amfani da waɗannan nau'ikan malt don ƙara wa da kuma haɓaka halayen ma'aikatar ruwan inabin, maimakon ɓoye shi don ƙarin ɗanɗano da jan hankali," in ji Stephanie Macleod, ƙwararren malt na Craigellachie, a cikin wata sanarwa da ta shirya.
Sau da yawa ana rufe shi da Cognac, ana bayyana Armagnac a matsayin "tsohuwar kuma mafi keɓantaccen brandy na Faransa tare da tsarin samarwa na gargajiya. Ana tace shi sau ɗaya kawai ta hanyar tarkacen da aka gina da gangan, a mafi yawan lokuta, ta amfani da ginin gargajiya. Alembic Armagnaçaise; man fetur mai ɗaukuwa wanda har yanzu aka ƙera don jigilar shi zuwa ƙananan gonakin da ke samar da Armagnac. Ba kamar yawancin ruhohi ba, masu yin Armagnac ba sa yin yanke a duk lokacin aikin distillation, kuma riƙewa yawanci yana cire abubuwa masu canzawa, don haka yana ba ruhohi ƙarin halaye da rikitarwa.
"Da farko, ƙaramin Armagnac yana ɗanɗanon wuta da ƙasa. Amma bayan shekaru da yawa na tsufa a cikin ganga na itacen oak na Faransa, ruhun yana da taushi kuma yana da laushi, mai sauƙi."
An gama da tsohon ganga na Faransa Bas Armagnac, ƙungiyar masu samar da giya ta lura cewa ɗanɗanon Craigellachie mai nauyi an zagaye shi da ɗumin apples ɗin da aka gasa sannan aka yayyafa shi da kirfa mai kauri. Ɗanɗanon caramel shortbread mai daɗi yana canzawa da abarba mai kama da syrup da ƙamshin dare mai zafi na wuta.
An saka Armagnac mai shekaru 13 a kwalba akan 46% ABV kuma ana sa ran farashinsa zai kai £52.99/€49.99/$65. Farashin zai fara bayyana a Burtaniya, Jamus da Faransa a wannan watan, kafin a fara sayar da shi zuwa Amurka da Taiwan daga baya a wannan shekarar.
Af, kayan aikin tsutsa nau'in na'urar sanyaya iska ne, wanda kuma aka sani da na'urar sanyaya iska. "Tsutsa" shine tsohuwar kalmar Turanci don maciji, sunan asali na na'urar. Hanya ce ta gargajiya ta mayar da tururin barasa zuwa ruwa, hannun waya a saman bututun yana haɗe da dogon bututun jan ƙarfe mai naɗewa (tsutsa) wanda ke zaune a cikin babban bokitin ruwan sanyi (bokiti). Waɗannan dogayen bututun jan ƙarfe suna juyawa baya da baya, suna raguwa a hankali. Yayin da tururin ke tafiya a cikin tsutsar, yana taruwa zuwa ruwa.
Nino Kilgore-Marchetti ita ce wadda ta kafa kuma babban edita na The Whiskey Wash, wani gidan yanar gizo mai lambar yabo kan salon rayuwar wiski wanda aka keɓe don ilmantar da masu amfani da shi a duk faɗin duniya. A matsayinsa na ɗan jarida, ƙwararre kuma alkali, ya yi rubuce-rubuce masu yawa kan wannan batu, ya yi hira da kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban, kuma ya…