Angel's Share (天使の分け前)
I went to the Suntory distiller to attend a seminar about single malt whisky blending. If you've read my journal for a long time, you know I like drinking. Even so, I rarely drink whisky because of strong flavor. The reason of my attend is that I was asked by my friend and the distiller is in my neighborhood. Suntory whisky, Yamazaki, is famous for
sophisticated aroma and flavors and its full body, which won the best gold in 2009 in the UK.
At first, my friend and I looked on the processing of whisky in the factory and we learned a lot of words about it such as mashing, distillation, maturation and so on. One of my favorite words is an “angel’s share”, which means a mount of evaporated whisky in a barrel during their aging. It is said that a fourth of whisky has evaporated for them. ^^;
Yamazaki is blended of same malt, but made by mainly different five kinds of barrel. We tasted unblended whisky of the different barrels and different aging time respectively. We learned how to taste them, color, aroma, flavor, and aftertaste. Each glass has 15ml and looks a little, but I was totally plastered when I tasted 10 glasses. ^^
When I got on the train on the way home, I thought I smelled like a bum. Hehe. Whatever, I understand whisky is a god send or something, but I still prefer beer. Haha.
Ciao.
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sophisticated aroma and flavors and its full body, which won the best gold in 2009 in the UK.
At first, my friend and I looked on the processing of whisky in the factory and we learned a lot of words about it such as mashing, distillation, maturation and so on. One of my favorite words is an “angel’s share”, which means a mount of evaporated whisky in a barrel during their aging. It is said that a fourth of whisky has evaporated for them. ^^;
Yamazaki is blended of same malt, but made by mainly different five kinds of barrel. We tasted unblended whisky of the different barrels and different aging time respectively. We learned how to taste them, color, aroma, flavor, and aftertaste. Each glass has 15ml and looks a little, but I was totally plastered when I tasted 10 glasses. ^^
When I got on the train on the way home, I thought I smelled like a bum. Hehe. Whatever, I understand whisky is a god send or something, but I still prefer beer. Haha.
Ciao.
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Even so, I rarely drink whisky because of its/the strong flavor.
The reason of my I attended the seminar is that because I was asked by my friend and the distiller is in my neighborhood.
its sophisticated aroma and flavors and its full body, which won the best gold in 2009 in the UK. ("best gold" - is that the name of the actual award?)
At first, my friend and I looked watched on the processing of whisky in the factory and we learned a lot of words about it to do with making whisky such as mashing, distillation, maturation and so on.
One of my favorite words is an “angel’s share”, which means a mount of evaporated whisky in a barrel during their aging.
It is said that a fourth of the whisky has evaporated for them.
Yamazaki is a blended of the same malt, but made by in mainly five different different five kinds of barrel.
We tasted unblended whisky of from the different barrels and different aging time respectively.
Each glass had 15ml and it looked like a little, but I was totally plastered when I tasted 10 glasses after 10 glasses.
When I got was on the train on the way home, I thought I smelled like a bum.
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Even so, I rarely drink whisky because of its strong flavor.
I attended the seminar because my friend asked me and the distiller is in my neighborhood.
One of my favorite words is an “angel’s share”, which is defined as the amount of whisky which evaporates in a barrel during aging.
Yamazaki is blended of the same malt, but made by mainly five different kinds of barrel.
We tasted unblended whisky of the different barrels and different aging times, respectively.
Each glass had 15ml and looked little, but I was totally plastered after I tasted 10 glasses.
Nothing subtracted.
It is said that a quarter of the whisky has evaporated for them.
Whatever, I understand whiskey is a godsend or something, but I still prefer beer.
Thank you for your corrections.
Hard to write English in the right way. ^^
>bclinn
Yes, I had fun time, actually.
>Ri
In the warehouse, there are thoughsands of cask and I felt tipsy by breathin. ^^;
>Ron
But, as you see in the pictures,each glass has a little volume.
>no1knowsMe
Oh, poor. But you know, blissful ignorance. ^^
I went to the Suntory distillery to attend a seminar about single malt whiskey blending.
We learned how to judge their taste, color, aroma, flavor, and aftertaste.
I went to the Suntory Distillery to attend a seminar about single malt whisky blending.
Even so, I rarely drink whisky because of the strong flavor.
The reason I attended this event is that I was asked by my friend, and the distillery is in my neighborhood.
its sophisticated aroma and flavors and its full body, which won the Best Gold award in 2009 in the UK.
At first, my friend and I looked at the processing of whisky in the factory, and we learned a lot of the terminology, such as mashing, distillation, maturation, and so on.
One of my favorite terms is an “angel’s share”, which means the amount of the whiskey that evaporates from a barrel during the aging process.
It is said that a fourth of the whisky has evaporated for them.
Yamazaki is blended from the same malt but made differently mainly by the use of five kinds of barrels.
We tasted unblended whisky from the different barrels and various aging times.
We learned how to taste them and evaluate their color, aroma, flavor, and aftertaste.
Each glass holds 15ml and doesn't look like much, but I was totally plastered by the time I'd tasted 10 glasses.
When I got on the train to go home, I thought I smelled like a bum.
Whatever, I understand whiskey is a godsend or something, but I still prefer beer.
Did you really drink ten glasses of whiskey in one day? You're lucky you don't have permanent brain damage. That's way too much. Whiskey is MUCH more potent than beer. Even I know that, and I've never personally met anyone (IRL) who drinks the stuff.
こら、「tasting」なら後でspit outでしょう!お前さん、普通に「drinking」したじゃん?
僕は色のあるアルコールやビールを呑まない主義。焼酎ならいつどこでも付き合ってあげるけど。^^
First, my friend and I observed the whiskey-making process in the factory and learned a lot of the jargon associated with it, words like mashing, distillation, maturation and so on. ("jargon" is the appropriate word in this case, used when referring to terms that persons within a certain industry use in their trade)
One of my favorite terms is an “angel’s share”, which refers to the amount of whiskey which evaporates from the barrel during the aging.
It is said that a quarter of the whiskey evaporates from them.
Oh, I only thought that the Scottish used the nickname "Angel's share". Basically the Yamazaki whiskey is Scotch, but only whiskey which meets certain requirements (namely originating from Scotland) may be called "Scotch". It's also interesting to note that in the whiskey industry, a product cannot be both "single malt" and "blended" simultaneously. Single malt only comes from a single barrel, whereas the blended is a mixture of several. Anyway this is all academic..If you haven't noticed, I'm a sort of whiskey buff. ;-)
Sounds like you had an interesting experience; if you did go home smelling like a bum, at least it was a bum with sophisticated taste in alcohol. haha
Ryan
Sorry for my comments delaying. T^T