雙語閱讀-蘇格蘭威士忌、威士忌和波旁威士忌有啥不一樣?《圖+文》

What makes a whiskey bourbon?

什麼樣的威士忌屬於波旁威士忌?

The quick answer is the law. Making bourbon is an exceedingly technical exercise,and requires that the whiskey meet rigid criteria. The Federal Standard of Identify for Bourbon stipulate what is and what isn’t bourbon. For a whiskey to call itself bourbon,its mash—the mixture of grains from which the product is distilled—must contain at least 51 percent corn. The rest of the mash is usually filled out with malted barley and either rye or wheat.

簡單來說,符合相關法律規定的威士忌才能稱得上是波旁威士忌。

釀造波旁威士忌是一項非常專業的工作,對於威士忌有非常嚴格的標準。

波旁威士忌聯邦鑒定標準規定了什麼樣的威士忌屬於波旁威士忌,而什麼樣的威士忌不屬於波旁威士忌。

如果一款威士忌號稱屬於波旁威士忌,那麼用於釀造這款威士忌的醪液《就是各種谷物的混合物》必須至少含有51%的玉米。

其餘的部分則通常為發芽的大麥和黑麥或小麥。

Then,the mash must be distilled at 160 proof or less and put into the barrel at 125 proof or less,It also can’t contain any additives. The distillate needs to be aged in a new charred oak barrel. If you distill a whiskey in your kitchen that meets all of these standards,congrats—you’ve made bourbon. Also,you’ve broken the law. The ATF will be on its way shortly.

然後,醪液必須在160度或以下進行蒸餾,並在125度或以下時被放入桶內。

醪液中不得含有任何添加劑。

餾出液需要在一個新的燒焦的橡木桶內進行陳化。

如果您在自家廚房蒸餾威士忌並能夠達到上述所有標準,那麼恭喜您-您已經制作出了波旁酒。

當然,您也違反了法律。

ATF很快就會找上門。

註釋:ATF,Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives,簡稱ATF,是一個隸屬於美國司法部《Dept of Justice – DOJ》並負責對煙酒槍炮征稅、執法和釋法的機構,2003年1月24日移到美國司法部。

What’s the difference between scotch and whiskey?

蘇格蘭威士忌和威士忌的區別?

The main difference between scotch and whiskey is geographic,but it also involves ingredients and spellings. Scotch is whisky—no e—made in Scotland,while bourbon is whiskey made in the U.S.,generally in Kentucky. Scotch is made mostly from malted barley,while bourbon is distilled from corn. If you’re in England and ask for a whisky,you’ll get scotch. But in Ireland,you’ll get Irish whiskey (yep,they spell it differently).

蘇格蘭威士忌和威士忌的主要區別在於地理位置。

其他區別還包括成分和拼法。

蘇格蘭威士忌《whisky,沒有e字母》產自蘇格蘭,而波旁威士忌產自美國,通常是美國的肯塔基州。

蘇格蘭威士忌的原料主要是發芽的大麥,而波旁威士忌則是由玉米蒸餾而成。

但是在愛爾蘭,你還會見到愛爾蘭威士忌《沒錯,這裡的拼法和蘇格蘭威士忌不一樣,愛爾蘭威士忌Irish Whiskey裡面有e字母》。

Is Tennessee whiskey bourbon?

田納西威士忌是波旁威士忌嗎?

Yes and no. The difference between Tennessee whiskey,like Jack Daniel’s,and bourbon is that after the spirit is distilled,Tennessee whiskey is filtered through sugar maple charcoal. This filtering,known as the Lincoln County Process,is what distinguishes Tennessee whiskey from your average bourbon,like Jim Beam. The name bourbon actually comes from an area known as Old Bourbon,around what is now Bourbon County,Kentucky.

說對也對,說不對也不對。

田納西威士忌,比如Jack Daniel’s威士忌和波旁威士忌之間的區別是經過蒸餾後,田納西威士忌還會通過糖楓木炭過濾。

這種過濾工藝,也被稱為林肯郡工藝就是田納西威士忌與普通波旁威士忌,比如Jim Beam之間的主要區別。

波旁這個名字實際上來自於肯塔基州一個叫做老波旁《Old Bourbon》的地方,它的周圍是新的波旁縣。

On top of these types of whiskey,we also have rye whiskey,which can refer either to American rye whiskey,which must be distilled from at least 51 percent rye,or Canadian whisky,which may or may not actually include any rye in its production process.

除了上面這些威士忌外,我們還有黑麥威士忌,這裡的黑麥威士忌既指美國黑麥威士忌《比如用至少51%的黑麥進行蒸餾》,也包括加拿大威士忌,加拿大威士忌的制作工藝中也許有,也許並沒有使用任何黑麥。

原文來源: Mental Floss

編輯:譯銳君