In addition to ordering wine at the bar, I believe everyone will often invite their friends home for a drink. Although it is said that drinking is originally an entertainment activity and should not be bound by rules and regulations, in order to create the best tasting experience and maximize the advantages of rare wines, today I would like to share with you some matters needing attention in the whole tasting process. Just as The Glenavont (Granja Ting) embodied in Qingdao Ruifuxuan Tasting on October 15th-six basic rules of good tasting experience of whisky.
Rule 1: Eat before tasting.
This is also the common sense of drinkers, because tasting on an empty stomach will cause alcohol to directly stimulate the gastric mucosa and make it easier to get drunk, so the general tasting activities are usually arranged after meals. However, the food you eat before tasting also has certain stress. First of all, try to avoid dishes with excessive taste, such as those with pungent smell such as chili and garlic, because capsaicin will paralyze taste buds, and the smell of garlic will stick to the mouth for a long time, and these are the smells that we don't want to appear in tasting.
In addition, drinks such as milk and yogurt will stick to the taste buds, which is difficult to remove, so we should pay attention to the choice of drinks as much as possible. In order to keep the best tasting state, don't drink too much alcohol before tasting, so as not to weaken the combat effectiveness afterwards.
Rule 2: Prepare water and bread.
Before tasting, it is necessary to prepare several cups of mineral water slightly colder than normal temperature, which can be used for drinking during tasting and during the interval of wine change. Try not to use tap water, because the chloride in it will affect the taste.
In order to neutralize the taste, you can eat bread or other light snacks during tasting, so please avoid spicy strips or spiced beans, which have too strong taste.
Rule 3: Less is more.
Even if you are confident in your capacity for liquor, don't drink too much at one time when tasting, or you will be half drunk after just tasting a few wines, and your taste sensitivity will also decline. During each tasting, even if there are many collections in the home, try to control the number of wines to about 5 to 6 to ensure the best effect.
Rule 4: Correct order of drinking.
Just like the order of appetizer-appetizer-main course-dessert in western food, drinking whiskey should follow the principle of from shallow to deep and from light to heavy. First of all, from the choice of alcohol content, if you choose barrel-strength bottling at the beginning, then the taste buds may be paralyzed immediately. Therefore, when you plan to taste super-high alcohol, you still choose the ordinary 40-degree alcohol as the opening, and finally slowly rise to barrel-strength level.
Judging from the vintage of wine, the older the wine, the higher the complexity. Therefore, it is usually recommended to start with simple low-vintage wine and gradually advance to high-vintage wine. If the tasting wine list includes heavy peat smoke, Shirley flavor or other strong styles, the best arrangement is always from mild to intense.
In addition, from the price point of view, it is generally recommended to arrange the cheaper style to drink in front, because no one wants to try another cup of X sparrow after drinking black pomo, no matter how much they like it on weekdays.
However, after saying the basic rules, there will be some contradictory situations when drinking-if it is all arranged from weak to strong, from new to old, then how do you decide whether a bottle of Madeira with a 40-degree strength will stay low for 12 years or a bottle of Madeira will stay in the barrel for 18 years? In this case, it is necessary to break some rules and make flexible arrangements, but we should also pay attention to the great power of barrel strength-in this case, the author will first drink Madeira at 40 degrees for 18 years.
Rule 5: Confirm the theme.
An excellent tasting activity depends on the arrangement of various details, not only good wine or old wine can win. Even if the budget is limited, you can create a good drinking experience with the basic style, because the most important thing is the sense of balance created by all the wines.
Looking at many whisky brands and wine prices, if you want to establish the theme of tasting activities, you can start from the origin, country or production process characteristics, arrange a world whisky tour, or focus on a single production area in Scotland-you can match countless high-quality wine lists by combining your own collection types and hobbies. Here are a few examples:
World whiskey theme
High-quality blended scotch whisky for 12 years and above
High-quality Boben
Irish single malt or pure vertical distillation
Japanese blended or single malt
Typical Airey whisky
Spice Sherry Monster
Scotch whisky theme
Lowland: 12 years in Gran Quincy
Highland: The Granja
Island: Plateau Knight for 18 years
Ray: Porter Allen n-th Release
Spice: 30 years in Granger.
Rule 6: Drink and don't drive, drive and find a driver.
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