SPIRITS

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SPIRITS
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Distilled beverages
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The Spirits

• Brandy
• Ingredients fruit wine (mostly Grape)
• The word comes from the Dutch "brandewijn"
  meaning "burnt wine."
• Whiskey
• Ingredients barley, corn, rye (grain)
• The word comes from Scottish Gaelic, meaning
  "water of life.

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The Spirits

• Vodka
• Ingredients rye or wheat, sometimes potato or
  another grain (traditionally the cheapest starch
  available) (??)
• Rum
• Ingredients molasses or sugar cane (??)
• Gin
• Ingredients juniper berries, various grains
  (???)
• Tequila
• Ingredients juice of blue agave (agave
  tequiliana) (???)

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Scotch Whisky

• There many others Bourbon whiskey, Irish
  whiskey, Canadian whisky, Tennessee whiskey, and
  etc.
• This is the most popular one here in Taiwan.

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Legal definition

• Must be distilled at a Scottish distillery from
  water and malted barley, to which only other
  whole grains may be added, have been processed at
  that distillery into a mash, converted to a
  fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme
  systems, and fermented only by the addition of
  yeast,
• Must have an alcoholic strength of less than
  94.8 by volume so that it retains the flavour of
  the raw materials used in its production,
• Must be matured in Scotland in oak casks for not
  less than three years, and
• Must not contain any added substance other than
  water and caramel colour.

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Types of Whisky

• single malt whisky is a malt whisky from one
  distillery (Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, The
  Macallan, Balvenie, Glenlivet, Highland Park,
  Lagavulin, Laphroaig, and etc.)
• blended malt whisky is malt whisky from more than
  one distillery
• blended Scotch whisky is a mixture of malt and
  grain whisky. (Johnnie Walker, Cutty Sark, Famous
  Grouse, Chivas Regal, and etc. )

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The Process 1

• MALTING which converts barley to MALT.

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The Process 2

• MASHING which produces WORT (sugar solution) from
  ground or crushed MALT.

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The Process 3

• FERMENTATION that produces WASH (a weak, crude,
  impure spirit) consequent upon the introduction
  of YEAST in the WORT.

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The Process 4

• DISTILLATION that strengthens and purifies the
  spirit contained in the WASH and also separates
  the solids contained in the spirituous liquor.

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The Process 5

• MATURATION that transforms the raw SPIRIT into
  WHISKY.

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Prices in Taiwan

• Blended Scotch whisky NT600NT1500
• single malt whisky
• 12 years old NT800NT1200.
• 15 years old NT1500NT2000.
• 18 years old around NT2500.
• 21 years old or above dont know.

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I have tried.

• Blended Scotch whisky
• Johnnie Walker black label Chivas Regal 12 years
  old Matisse 12 years old VAT 69 Suntory and
  etc.
• Single Malt Whisky
• Glenlivet 12 years old Highland Park 12 years
  old Macallan 12 years old Glenfiddich 12, 15,
  18 years.

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Pictures
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Cognac

• The most popular and finest brandy.
• Must be produced in the region surrounding the
  town of Cognac in France.
• The wine to be distilled must be made from at
  least 90 percent Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche or
  Colombard grapes
• The rest of the wine can consist of ten selected
  grapes.
• It must be distilled twice in copper pot stills
  and aged at least 2 1/2 years in oak barrels in
  order to be called "cognac".

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Six Growing Zones
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Levels

• VSOP (Very Superior Old Pale), Réserve, where the
  youngest brandy is stored at least four years in
  cask.
• XO (Extra Old), Napoléon, Hors d'Age, where the
  youngest brandy is stored at least seven years in
  cask.
• Each cognac house also produces its own
  premium-level cognac. These include
• Louis XIII by Rémy Martin is composed of more
  than 1,200 of the finest eaux-de-vie aged between
  40 years and a century in very old Limousin oak
  barrels.
• Richard Hennessy - produced by Hennessy,
  'Richard' is a blend of over 100 eaux-de-vie aged
  up to 200 years. It is sold in a Baccarrat
  crystal blackman and is named after the founder
  of the company.

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Prices

• VSOP NT10001500
• XO NT2000NT4000
• EXTRA NT6500
• LOUIS XIII NT35000

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Things I have tried

• Remy Martin VSOP Remy Martin XO Hennessy VSOP
  Hennessy XO Gautier XO Martell VSOP Martell
  Cordon Bleu Camus EXTRA
• Next target Louis XIII by Rémy Martin

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Pictures
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Conclusion

• I like beer and stout.