Kungenziwa kuphela eKentucky?
Kwakungakaze kube nguMeyi 4, 1964, ukuthi imithetho yezinhlangano zombuso yabona i- bourbon njengomkhiqizo ohlukile futhi ibeka imithetho ethile ezincwadini ukuze kuqinisekiswe izinga lekhwalithi ye-bourbon.
Yini eyenza iBourbon?
Okungenani amaphesenti angu-51 wezinhlamvu ezisetshenziselwa ukwenza i-bourbon eqondile kumele ibe yikhuni, ngakho konke okuvunyelwe ukuba kube yingxube yezinhlamvu ezithile, ngokuvamile i-barley enobuthi ne-rye, noma ngezinye izikhathi ukolweni. Kumele kulandelwe emiphongolweni emisha, ekhonjiwe, emhlophe futhi ibe neminyaka emibili.
Amandla ayo ngokuvamile asebenza phakathi kuka-80 no-125 ubufakazi, amandla angaphansi kwezomthetho awubufakazi obungama-60. Ubufakazi buphindwe kabili amaphesenti okuphuza utshwala, ngakho-ke ibhodlela elibufakazi obungama-60 lingaba ngu-30% ophuza utshwala.
Amanzi entwasahlobo ehlanjululwe ngamayilitha kuphela (okungaba yi-iron-free) angase asetshenziselwe ukwehlisa okuqukethwe kotshwala. Nakuba i-bourbon ingenziwa noma kuphi, kuphela iKentucky ngokusemthethweni inelungelo lokuba negama lombuso kule ilebuli njengomkhiqizo "we-bourbon".
I- bourbon ehlanganisiwe kufanele ibe namaphesenti angu-51 we-bourbon eqondile.
Ukukhipha ama- whiskeys yizinguqulo ezihlanjululwe kakhulu ze-bourbon, ngokuvamile zisebenzisa inqubo yokuhlunga ukuxubha nokususa ukunambitheka kokusanhlamvu futhi kudinga isikhathi eside sokuguga. Esinye isibonelo sokusika i- whiskey nguJack Daniels, okwenziwa eTennessee.
Ezinye izinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobo ze-bourbon zifaka i-Jim Beam, uMark Mark, i-Turkey yaseTurkey, i-Early Times ne-Old Forester, konke okungenayo ibhayili eyodwa (engaguquki futhi engekho emgqonyeni owodwa) kanye ne- batch encane (ethatha ukhilimu wesitshalo kusuka kumaqoqo amaningana uhlangene nabo) izinhlobo ezinikezwe ngentengo ephakeme.
Amaphesenti angaba ngu-80 okuhlinzekwa kwe-bourbon emhlabeni wonke kwenziwa eKentucky nge-distilleries eyishumi nantathu. Okunye kwenziwa eTennessee, eVirginia naseMissouri.