Za a iya yin shi kawai a Kentucky?
Ba har zuwa ranar 4 ga watan Mayu, 1964, dokokin dokoki na tarayya sun gane cewa bourbon ne a matsayin samfurin na musamman da kuma sanya takamaiman dokoki a kan littattafan don tabbatar da inganci na bourbon.
Me ya sa shi Bourbon?
Akalla kashi 51 cikin 100 na hatsi da ake amfani dashi don yin sulhu ya zama masara, tare da sauran izinin zama cakuda wasu hatsi, yawanci sha'ir da hatsin rai, ko wani lokacin alkama. Dole ne a girbe shi a cikin sabbin kayan aiki, masu sutura, masu farin katako da tsofaffi a kalla shekaru biyu.
Ƙarfinsa yana gudana tsakanin 80 da 125, tare da ƙarfin ƙimar doka shine shaida 60. Shaida yana daidai sau biyu na yawan barasa, don haka kwalban da ke da shaida 60 zai zama barasa mai kashi 30.
Sai kawai ruwa mai tsabtaccen ruwa (wanda shine kusan baƙin ƙarfe) za'a iya amfani dashi don rage abun ciki da barasa. Kodayake ana iya yin bourbon a ko'ina, kawai Kentucky ya cancanci samun sunan sunan jihar a kan lakabi a matsayin samfurin "bourbon".
Bourbon da aka haɗe dole ne ya ƙunshi akalla kashi 51 na madaidaicin mai cin hanci.
Sipping whiskey ne mafi yawan tsararren iri na bourbon, yawanci ta yin amfani da tsarin gyare-gyare zuwa mellow da kuma cire dandano hatsi da kuma bukatar tsawon lokaci tsufa. Ɗaya daga cikin misali na sipping whisky shine Jack Daniels, wanda aka yi a Tennessee.
Sauran nau'o'in bourbon sun hada da Jim Beam, Marker Mark, Wild Turkey, Early Times da Old Forester, dukansu suna da ƙura guda ɗaya (wanda ba a taɓa ƙin shi ba kuma ba tare da shi ɗaya daga ganga ɗaya) da ƙananan tsari ba (wanda yake dauke da kirki na amfanin gona daga batutuwan da yawa. co-haɗu da su) iri da aka ba su a farashin mafi girma.
Kusan kashi 80 cikin dari na samar da kayan cinikayya na duniya a Kentucky ne ta hanyar shakatawa goma sha uku. Sauran an yi a Tennessee, Virginia, da Missouri.