Territoire Whisky : Sales of high-end whisky Territoire Whisky : Sales of high-end whisky

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Même si les mots ne sauront jamais complètement retranscrire l'intense complexité d'une sensation, ils sont néanmoins de précieux alliés quand vient le moment de partager cette passion qui nous unit. Ici, l'univers et l'histoire du whisky se racontent au fil de l'alphabet.

Some gaëlic translation

• Aberlour : the mouth of the chirping brook
• Glenfiddich : Valley with the stags
• Glenmorangie : the valley of peace
• Knockando : the small black hill
• Lagavulin : the mill in the valley
• Laphroaig : the hollow in bay
• Oban : the small bay
• Talisker : the inclined rock

A

Age :

the American law obliges the bourbon and the whiskey to age at least two years in new barrels. This duration extends to three years in Scotland and Ireland. The age noted on the label refers to youngest individual malt entering the final composition.

Aqua vitae :

Latin expression meaning literally "brandy" translated into Gaelic by "uisque beatha" which will give thereafter "uisqui" and finally "whisky" to the liking of a succession of phonetic deformations.

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B

Barrel :

barrel containing approximately 180 liters.

Blended :

mix whiskies of malt and grain, but also of age and source different, being able to join together more than 40 whiskies. Only Master Blender, Master-nose making authority on the matter, tests and assembles the whisky in the good proportions. It dilutes alcohol in approximately 50 % of water, operation necessary to the retro smell.

Bootlegger :

Smugglers who dissimulated the clandestine alcohol bottles in their leggings (legger), expression usually re-used at the time of Prohibition in the United States (1919-1933).

Bourbon :

exclusive name coming from the name given to the county of Bourbon, in Kentucky, in homage to Louis XV, king de France. Worked out starting from an assembly from at least corn 51%, it can also consist of barley, malt and rye.

Butts :

old large barrels of 500 liters having contained sherry of which the industry of the whisky loves aromatic qualities and their imposing capacity.

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C

Cask strength :

with the force of the barrel, or "straigth from the cask", directly drawn from the barrel, meaning that the whisky is not lengthened of water before being bottled, giving him a degree of alcohol ranging between 40 and 64° according to the age.

Corn :

corn, at the base of the development of the American bourbon.

Corn whiskey :

whiskey containing at least corn 80%.

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D

Double wood :

indicate whiskies whose ageing is carried out in two types of different barrels. According to the wine used as a preliminary in these barrels, colouring but also the refining of the whisky varies. Thus a malt which aged during 10 or 15 years in a barrel of oak having initially contained of Jerez will have a ambrée colouring.

Dram :

old measuring unit of 3.5 Cm3 nowadays indicating small whisky glass.

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H

Highlands :

Literaly High-Grounds, forming a vast area, of which the mountainous chain of Scotland. One produced there the majority of the malts whose varied landscapes represent as many savours.

Hogshead :

reconstituted barrel and increased the few douelles ones reaching a capacity of approximately 250 liters.

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I

Islands :

Scottish islands gathering Skye, Mull, the Jura and the Orkneys with the exception of Islay where one produced there a whisky with the marked iodine and peat typicity.

IB :

Independent Bottling, is whisky of trade.

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K

Kiln :

traditional furnace being used to dry green malt at the end of its germination. The building is easily recognizable with its roof in the shape of pagoda where the malt is put to dry.

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L

Lowlands :

Literraly Low-Grounds. Indicate the grounds being located at the south of a Greenock-Dundee line (either below Edinburgh). One produced there the majority of the whiskies of grain, with softer and fruitier savours.

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M

Malt :

germinated barley and dried.

Middle cut :

noble part of distillate once the heads and tails distillation eliminated.

Mash :

Brewing grain macerated in hot water with starch turns into sugar. The result is a liquid intended to be distilled.

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N

Non chill-filtered :

désigne un whisky qui n'a pas été filtré à froid, permettant d'obtenir une plus grande richesse aromatique.

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O

Oak :

oak is used as raw material to the preparation of drums.

OB :

Official Bottling, whisky official directly from a distillery.

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P

Peat :

the peat is resulting in particular from the decomposition partial of the heathers. Give to malt this taste of smoke highly prized by connoisseurs.

Pot Still :

distillation apparatus, also called Alambic Still. The malt whisky is distilled twice in stills over a naked flame. They look like copper pots of varying size pear-shaped where the wash (fermented mash) is introduced and heated up evaporation.

Pure malt :

means a blend of whiskies, all barley malt, but from one or more distilleries.

PPM :

unit value used to measure the degree of peat (parts per million).

Pure Pot Still :

spirits worked out from both malted and not malted barley that are distilled three times in “Pot Still “It results traditional the Irish whiskey from it.

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R

Rye :

whiskey of US east coast coming from barley and corn, but especially of rye (minimum 51%).

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S

Saint Patrick :

Irish national holiday, all on March 17. According to legend, St. Patrick, a Christian monk came to evangelize the East Celts, reportedly imported know-how from the distillation of whisky in Ireland since the fifth century. He became patron Saint of Ireland and claimed that the secret of making the drink was a gift from God.

Single cask :

height on the matter, these whiskies from a single drum, constituting a limited edition bottles sometimes numbered by hand.

Single grain :

particularly used in blends, grains whisky (corn, rye or non-malted barley) is produced in a single distillery.

Single malt :

only whisky distilled from barley malt and from a single distillery.

Small batch :

name synonymous with a certain degree of quality, small batch whiskies result of the assembly of a limited number of drums.

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T

Tumbler :

a traditional whisky glass. With thick bottom, without foot, its broad diameter is hardly appropriate for the exercises of tasting.

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U

Uisge beatha :

or Uisque beatha or Usquebaugh according to the Irish or Scottish origin of the term, this Gaelic word meaning brandy is copied on Latin Aqua Vitae.

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V

Vatted malt :

assembly of individual malts coming from various distillings, its equivalent being " blended malt ".

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W

Whiskey :

here the " E " distinguish the spirits worked out in Ireland and America. In Ireland, the distillers use non malted barley, except at Bushmills. In general, the whiskey from Ireland is triple distilled.

Whisky :

generic term for all grain alcohol. Generally distilled twice, whisky is just as Irish, Scottish, American, Canadian, Australian and even french…! Scotch whisky means that this is exclusively Scottish provenance.

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