SPIRIT OF SPEYSIDE WHISKY FESTIVAL One of the

SPIRIT OF SPEYSIDE WHISKY FESTIVAL One of the most famous festivals is the Festival of Scottish whiskey in the Speyside (Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival). Each country has its own national product, its national pride. The Scots are proud of their whiskey. When spring begins in Scotland's time festivals and celebrations devoted to whiskey. The first start The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, which lasts for 5 days. Behind him is Feis Ile - a festival of Malt and Music. And so on until September, when the latter begins - Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival.

Speyside - a place where the highest density of viskokuren in the world. Plant, which produces the famous drink there more than 100. There are the most famous distillery - Glenfiddich, Glen Grant, Strathisla. . . Once a year, ordinary people can visit the factories most prestigious producers of whiskey. In normal times, the plants do not allow outsiders into their shop. The main and most attractive part of the festival is tasting the many varieties and varieties of flavored drink, including under the guidance of experts. During the festival, you can taste the most rare and aged whiskeys.

During the festival there are meetings with collectors, who can share their experiences, dance programs with national bias. There are historical digressions, telling about the processes, the evolution of the design of bottles and labels. Organized visits to the museum garage factories, where all samples of the original truck to deliver consumers the desired product. Those participants in whom the whiskey begins to wake bubbling blood of ancestors - are invited to take part in a Scottish sports: throwing logs or hammer. ONCE A YEAR, ORDINARY PEOPLE CAN VISIT THE FACTORIES MOST PRESTIGIOUS PRODUCERS OF WHISKEY

The festival, celebrates the local elixir of life, fun contests, receptions and dinners at the distillery, Scottish party with music and dancing, special menus in restaurants, various contests and competitions, fashion kilt (Scottish skirts), visit the museum Whiskey and competition for the most rapid construction barrels, exhibitions and evening of Scottish folk music. In the world there are many varieties of whiskey drink American bourbon, Irish pure pot still, but it is assumed that the moment of whiskey - Scotch malt whiskey malt.

The history of the drink can be traced to the 12 th century. Blame all the whiskey world is attributed to St. Patrick, Irish monks, Scot by birth. The scrolls of Scotland Treasury relating to 1494 was discovered post: "Get eight Bollen malt brother John Carr for making aquavit" - an amount of malt would have been enough to produce about 1, 500 bottles of modern whiskey! This date is considered to be almost the official birth date of Scotch whiskey, for the Latin «aqua vitae» - «water of life" - of Celtic written as uisge beatha (Ireland - uisce beatha). Speak clearly two-syllable word was lazy. Gradually, the two words have only uisge, which was transformed into a uiskie, and then - in whisky. In the world there are many types of whiskey, but now Scottish

* While everyone is free to drink his favorite whiskey as he pleased, however, to properly assess the drink and reinforce the impression of the tasting, you must follow certain rules when choosing glasses and whiskey tasting.

The presentation prepared by student 9 B class Chichkan Roman