寻爱尔兰威士忌的英文介绍是爱尔兰的..200个词左右..高中生可以看懂、有中文翻译的最好..

寻爱尔兰威士忌的英文介绍是爱尔兰的..200个词左右..高中生可以看懂、有中文翻译的最好..
寻爱尔兰威士忌的英文介绍
是爱尔兰的..200个词左右..高中生可以看懂、有中文翻译的最好..

寻爱尔兰威士忌的英文介绍是爱尔兰的..200个词左右..高中生可以看懂、有中文翻译的最好..
爱尔兰威士忌 Irish Whiskey
The distillation of Irish Whiskey has a long history,no one knows for sure when it first began.Some sources place it as early as the 6th Century when Irish monks brought the distillation process back from the Middle East .We may never know for sure but can be thankful it was started sometime in the distance past,enabling many hundreds of years of experience and perfection to bring us to the stage we are at today.Certainly the distillation process in Ireland is many hundreds of years old.
In Gaelic the drink became knowh as "Uisce Beatha" which means "water of life." The Normans called it "fuisce" and eventually it evolved into "whiskey." What needs to come together?Barley,clear waters,and peat for the fires to toast the barley are the key ingredients.They are certainly all found in Ireland !
Apart from the spelling Irish whisk(e)y differs from Scotch Whisky in that normally Irish is distilled three times (but not always) verses two for most scotch.The malting process also differs between Irish & Scoth,as Irish Whiskey uses sprouted barley dried in a closed kiln that is then mixed with unmalted barley before being ground into a grist.This accounts for the smoothness of Irish whiskey and the "non-peaty" taste compared to Scotch.

It is widely believed that the art of distilling was introduced to Europe by Irish missionary monks. For a long time, the valuable knowledge of distilling gradually spread through the Catholic Church ...

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It is widely believed that the art of distilling was introduced to Europe by Irish missionary monks. For a long time, the valuable knowledge of distilling gradually spread through the Catholic Church and it eventually reached those beyond the strong monastery walls. Bushmills is the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and located in Northern Ireland and it received its license in 1608.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Irish whiskey was hugely popular in Britain. In the late 1780s, a staggering 1250 distilleries existed in Ireland but most of them were not licensed. This huge number of illicit distilleries quickly forced the Irish government into action.
A new period of tax raises and a government campaign to increase awareness soon followed. In 1823, a mere 22 legal distilleries existed in Ireland and illegal distilleries had gone down in numbers to about 800.
Thanks to the Total Abstinence Movement, initiated by Theobald Mathew, the shrinking number of both legal and illegal distilleries was further reduced. The hostile movement led to an intensified competition among Irish distilleries, resulting in continued growth and increased profits for the larger distilleries at the massive expense of the smaller ones, who very often had no choice but shut down. The Powers and Jameson families, based in Dublin, were probably the most successful and they went on to continuously expand their whiskey businesses.
Despite the problems at home, by the end of the 18th Century, Irish whiskey was the leading strong spirit in Great Britain. Massive quantities were also ordered and exported to the West Indies and of course the US market.
However, the US Prohibition Act and the eventual introduction of Scotch blended whiskey were 2 major setbacks that hugely damaged the crumbling Irish whiskey industry. Irish whiskey now found it hard to compete with its Scottish counterpart and it was not able to produce the sheer volumes needed by the American market.
The large development of distillation in Scotland was the final blow to the Irish whiskey industry. Today the Irish whiskey industry holds just over 1% of the global market.

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