I-Craigellachie iyindawo yokudayisa utshwala ye-whisky endala yaseScotch eyaziwa ngokusebenzisa ama-worm casks ukupholisa i-whisky, enikeza umoya lokho okubiza ngokuthi ukunambitheka okwengeziwe kanye "nobuntu bemisipha" obuhlukile. Kukule migqomo ye-worm lapho kudalwa khona iqoqo elisha, kusetshenziswa "ama-casks avela endaweni yokudayisa utshwala adala isitayela somoya 'esisindayo' esingaphinda ubuntu obuhlukile be-single malt whisky."
Ngokusho kwabantu abakuleli qembu, iCraigellachie Cask Collection entsha yaqala nge-whisky eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala evela endaweni yokwenza iziphuzo. Ekuqaleni yayigugile e-American oak - ingxube yemiphongolo ye-bourbon egcwalisiwe futhi eshisiwe - yabe isichitha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka emiphongolo ye-Bas-Armagnac evela enyakatho yeGascony, eFrance, ngezikhathi zokuqala ezimbili zokuvuthwa.
“I-Craigellachie iyi-malt enesibindi futhi ecabangelayo; igcwele futhi inenyama, ngakho-ke sisebenzise lezi zinhlobo ze-cask ukuze sigcwalise futhi sithuthukise uhlamvu oluphawulekayo lwe-winery, kunokuba siyifihle ukuze ibe nokunambitheka okwengeziwe nokukhanga,” kusho uStephanie Macleod, umphathi we-malt kaCraigellachie, esitatimendeni esilungisiwe.
Ivame ukufihlwa yi-Cognac, i-Armagnac ichazwa ngokuthi “ibhrendi yaseFrance endala nekhethekile enenqubo yayo yokukhiqiza yendabuko. Ihluzwa kanye kuphela ngokusebenzisa izinto zokugcoba eziqhubekayo ezakhiwe ngenhloso, ezimweni eziningi, kusetshenziswa ukwakhiwa kwendabuko i-Alembic Armagnaçaise; uphethiloli ophathwayo ophehlwa ngokhuni osaklanyelwe ukuthunyelwa emapulazini amancane akhiqiza i-Armagnac. Ngokungafani neziphuzo eziningi eziphekwayo, abenzi be-Armagnac abakhiphi ukusika kuyo yonke inqubo yokuhluza, futhi ukugcinwa kwayo kuvame ukususa izinto eziguquguqukayo, ngaleyo ndlela kunikeze iziphuzo eziphekwayo ubuntu nobunzima obukhulu.
"Ekuqaleni, i-Armagnac encane inambitha umlilo nomhlaba. Kodwa ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka yokuguga emiphongolweni ye-oki yaseFrance, umoya uyathobeka futhi uthambile, ungabonakali kakhulu."
Iqediwe emiphongolweni yakudala ye-French Bas Armagnac, ithimba le-winery liphawula ukuthi ukunambitheka okunamandla kwe-Craigellachie kuthambile kuzungezwe ukufudumala kwama-apula abhakiwe futhi kufakwe isinamoni ekhanda. Ukunambitheka okucebile kwe-caramel shortbread kuncishiswa yiphayinaphu emnandi nephunga elimnandi lasebusuku lomlilo wekamu.
I-Armagnac eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala i-Craigellachie ifakwa emabhodleleni ku-46% ABV futhi inentengo yokuthengisa ephakanyisiwe engu-£52.99/€49.99/$65. Le nkulumo izoqala ukwethulwa e-UK, eJalimane naseFrance kule nyanga, ngaphambi kokuthi ithunyelwe e-US naseTaiwan kamuva kulo nyaka.
Ngendlela, igiya lezibungu uhlobo lwe-condenser, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-coil condenser. "I-Worm" yigama lesiNgisi elidala elisho inyoka, igama lokuqala le-coil. Indlela yendabuko yokuguqula umhwamuko wotshwala ube uketshezi, ingalo yocingo phezulu kwe-still ixhunywe kuthubhu ende yethusi ehlanganisiwe (i-worm) ehlezi ebhakedeni elikhulu lamanzi abandayo (ibhakede). Lawa mashubhu amade ethusi ayajikajika emuva naphambili, kancane kancane anciphe. Njengoba umhwamuko uhamba phansi kwe-worm, ubuye ujike ube uketshezi.
UNino Kilgore-Marchetti ungumsunguli kanye nomhleli oyinhloko we-The Whiskey Wash, iwebhusayithi ye-whisky lifestyle ewine imiklomelo ezinikele ekufundiseni nasekujabuliseni abathengi emhlabeni jikelele. Njengentatheli ye-whisk(e)y, uchwepheshe kanye nejaji, ubhale kabanzi ngale ndaba, wanikeza izingxoxo nezikhungo ezahlukene zabezindaba, kanye…