Te tohatoha i ngā karāhe whiskey

He rerekē ngā momo reka matatini o te wīskī, ā, me whai tohunga ngaio Karāhe WhakamātautauKa taea e ngā karāhe rerekē te whakamārama i ngā momo kāhua me ngā pono rerekē, kia taea ai e te tangata te rongo tika ake i ngā kakara me ngā reka rerekē o te waipiro. He maha anō ngā momo karāhe wīski kei te mākete, pērā i a Quaich, Tunbler, me Smell Glass.

Mai i te rautau 16, kua tīmata te whakamahi i te wīski mai i Kōtirana, ā, kua hihiri ngā Kōtirana manaaki ki te whakapuaki i ā rātou whakatutukitanga. I te wā e manaaki ana, e wehe atu ana hoki i ngā manuhiri, ka whakanuia e rātou he inu Karāhe Whiskey, ā, ko te ipu tōhi i āta whakapūmautia i huaina ko te quaich, ko tōna tikanga he "kapu" i te reo Gaelic tawhito.

Kua nui ake te rongonui o te wīski i roto i te ipu āhua peihana, hei tohu manaaki, hei whakapaipai i ngā momo konganuku hei whakaatu i ngā momo karaehe me ngā pūtea rerekē, hei tohatoha i te karāhe wīski me ngā quark hei tohu i te pono me te whakahoahoa, ā, i tukuna hoki hei whakaaturanga o ngā hononga i te wā o te pakanga (te pupuri i ngā taringa e rua i a rātou e inu ana, ā, kāore e taea te hapai patu).

I ēnei rā, ehara ngā quark i te ipu noa iho, ā, kāore te iwi e whakamahi ana i ēnei hei inu. Heoi, nā te nui o te hiranga o ēnei tohu ka nui ake te tikanga me te mana o tō rātou āhua. I ngā marena, ka whakamahia e te hunga hou kua marenatia hei inu hei tikanga, ka whakawhitiwhitihia e ngā upoko o te kāwanatanga hei koha (i hoatu e Whaea May ki a Trump tētahi quark i tana haerenga ki te UK), ā, ka whakamahia e te Scottish Whisky Association tētahi quark whakarewa nui hei tohu.

I te haere haere o te horapa haere o ngā whakamahinga karāhe, neke atu i te tekau tau te whānau karāhe waina Riedel o Austria e wehe atu ana i ngā āhuatanga ataahua tawhito i aro nui ki ngā whakairo whakapaipai, ka neke atu ki te māmā me te whai huatanga.

I huaina ngā kapu inu tawhito ko ngā inu inu, kāore he kakau, he porowhita te raro. Mō te ahua o te raro porowhita, he kīwaha nā te mea he matotoru te raro porowhita, ā, ina pāngia te kapu, ka tere te whakatikatika i a ia anō pērā i te inu inu, ā, ka ārai i te wai kei maringi, kei maumauria rānei.

Heoi, i te tīmatanga o te rautau 19, i te wā i tino heke ai ngā utu hanga karāhe, kua noho kē a Tamble hei whiringa pai rawa atu. Nā tōna hoahoa taha tika i māmā ake ai te uru atu, ā, nā tōna hoahoa waha whānui i watea ake ai mō te hunga kua taunga ki te inu me te hukapapa. I te wā i rongonui ai te wīkī, ko te whakakotahitanga o te hikā me te Tumbler i noho hei tohu mō te pūnaha pūtea.

I ēnei rā, he onge te kite i tētahi karāhe Tumbler porowhita te raro, he papatahi te raro, he tika ngā taha, ā, kāore he kakau. Koinei ngā āhuatanga matua e toru o ngā karāhe Tumbler hou, me te ahua tino kitea o ngā karāhe wīski. Ahakoa ko te Rocks, ko te Old Fashioned, ko te Lowball rānei, mena ka tutuki i a rātou ngā paearu e toru i runga ake nei, he uri katoa rātou nō Tamble.

Ina nui ake ngā kāwai hei whiriwhiri mā te wīski, ka tīmata te hunga ngākau hihiko ki te "kōrero kino" i ngā taipitopito o te wīski, me te aro nui ki te whakamātautau wīski. Kāore e mutu tēnei "kēmu kōrero kino". Mai i te inu wīski ki te "whakamātautau" wīski, kāore e taea e te Tumbler e horapa whānuitia ana te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia o te tangata. I te wā i whai ake ai ngā karāhe whakamātautau ngaio a te parani me te waina, i hiahia anō hoki te wīski ki āna ake karāhe whakamātautau motuhake hei whakawhanake.

Nā te whānau Reidel, nāna i hanga a Tumbler, i whakahaere rangahau whānui, ā, i whakaputa Vinum i te tau 1994. Engari ko te mea i tino riro hei karāhe whakamātautau ngaio ko te karāhe wīski Glencairn, i hurihia e te whānau Raymond i te mahi tahi me ngā kaiārahi e rima o te whare hanga waina Kōtimana i te tau 2001.

I ahu mai te whakaaro hoahoa i te karāhe āhua tūrupa e whakamahia ana mō te inu sherry. Mā te hoahoa o te waha karāhe e rite ana ki ngā putiputi tūrupa ka taea te pupuri me te kohikohi i te reka o te wīkī, me te tuku hoki i te nui o te kohu waipiro kia marara. I tere te rongonui mai i ngā kaimahi pae inu matua, ā, i whakatūria tōna tūranga hei kapu whakamātautau wīkī motuhake.

I roto i te whanaketanga o te wīski e whakanui ana i ngā taipitopito, haunga ngā karāhe Tamble me Glencairn noa, he maha atu anō ngā karāhe tawhito kua mōhiotia mō ō rātou momo ahurei.

Ahakoa kāore a Vinum i waiho hei kapu whakamātautau wīski ngaio, e arohaina tonutia ana e te hunga e aroha ana ki te wīski. Ahakoa ka ngoikore te kakara nā te hoahoa tuwhera, ka roa ake te wā e pā ai te arero me te waina, ā, ka taea e te hunga e aro nui ana ki te reka te wheako i ngā mea hou.

Ko te kapu ISO te kapu paerewa mō te whakamātautau o te ao. Ko te hoahoa paerewa pakari o ngā waewae kapu he 155mm te teitei, he 65mm te whānui i te wāhanga whānui rawa o te tinana o te kapu, me te 46mm te whānui i te waha e whakaata ana i tōna pakari, e hanga ana i te kapu whānui mō te waina me ngā waipiro, ā, e puta ana i ngā huihuinga whakataetae maha. He hoahoa whakatuwheratanga paku ki waho (i ētahi wā he tika), kāore e kohia te kakara engari ka nui ake te kitea o te reka o te waha, me te kakara taurite me te waipiro ngawari. He kapu kakara ngaio rongonui hoki i roto i te umanga.

Ko te hoahoa tino rerekē ko te kapu Neat, he rite ki te ipu inu tawhito. E kiia ana ko te hoahoa porowhita me te whakanui rawa o te awhi e whakakotahi ana i ngā painga o te Kapu Glencairn me te Kapu Riedel. Kua hangaia te wāhanga o raro kia whānui hei tuku i te kohu waipiro, hei whakanui ake hoki i te wāhi e rere ai te reka. Mā te kati i te waha ka taea te kohikohi anō i te kakara, ā, mā te whakatuwhera anō i te waha ka marara te waipiro ina tomo ki roto hei karo i te nui rawa o te waipiro e pā kino ana ki te reka.

Ko ngā karāhe wīski, i hangaia i te tīmatanga hei tuku i te nui o te kohu waipiro e taea ana, me te kohikohi i ngā āhuatanga reka, kua whanake hei mea whakamere ake, hei mea whakapuaki hoki. Ko tāku noa he kī, kāore anō kia moumouhia ngā karāhe wīski me te wīski i roto i ngā tau 400! Ka whakaratohia e rātou he whakamarie hou ki te tangata, he kōrero pakiwaitara hoki mō ngā kare ā-roto rerekē e pā ana ki a rātou i te ao, pērā i te harikoa, te pouri, me te mate.