The powerful place in the list of elite alcoholic beverages is taken by whisky — a noble type of alcohol which submits the unique taste and promising aroma. Its history ancient (more than one thousand years) and contradictory. Still the homeland of drink — Scotland or Ireland is not defined. And the recipe for the real whisky is kept the most strict secret on each distillery.
What is a part
Despite big mystery of recipes, the main components which are a part of alcoholic drink are known to all long ago. But not only the structure is important.
Important! The taste and aroma of whisky in many respects depend on the production technology, methods of its filtration and on the capacity in which it is stored. It has to be the oak barrel.
Main components of natural whisky:
- grain components (it is possible to use a rye, barley, corn, wheat, rice);
- well purified water, it is desirable from springs;
- sugar.
Caloric content — 235 kcal / 100.
Tastes of noble drink in each country have the features. Everything depends on the main component — grain culture. So, Scots produce whisky (adhesive tape) on the basis of barley, Irish in preparation of an adhesive tape combine barley malt and a rye. The combination from wheat, corn and a rye enters into structure of the Canadian and Irish whiskey — bourbon — Japanese learned to do noble alcohol of rice.
Whether you know? The real gourmets and judges of whisky can easily determine its structure by taste. So, barley drink has dryish taste, corn — rather soft, rye — bitterish.
But in each country there is an unspoken rule: fragrances and flavoring additives should not be a part of drink, it is exclusively natural product.
Useful properties
Whisky is not a just noble type of alcohol, but an advantage source for a human body. Let's consider in more detail what the curative force of this drink consists in.
Advantage for an organism
Advantage of whisky is as follows:
- consumption of whisky does not threaten with excess weight. Thanks to low caloric content the glass of whiskey will not provoke addition of weight, unlike other types of alcohol (beer, wine, cocktails);
- low content of sugar, and respectively, and carbohydrates, does drink by absolutely safe alcohol for diabetics. But it is always worth remembering a measure;
- consumption of whisky after reception of food improves digestive process and reduces risk of gastric frustration;
- this alcohol cleans vessels from cholesterol, prevents formation of blood clots, weakens walls of arteries, accompanies a free and quiet blood-groove, thereby reduces risk of a stroke;
- the antioxidants which are available as a part of elite drink reduce risk of emergence of oncological new growths;
- improves and strengthens work of a brain. And already mentioned antioxidants promote sharpening of memory, reduce risk of developing of Alzheimer's disease;
- drink contains ellogovy acid which is converter of free radicals — catalysts of aging and emergence onkobolezny;
- the ability of whisky to accelerate blood circulation, and respectively, to enrich an organism with a fresh portion of blood and oxygen, will help to overcome any stressful situations and even depressions;
- drink is useful not only during reception inside, it is also used in quality antiseptics when processing wounds from cuts or stings of insects, also to them pound a body at cold.
Whether you know? Life water — is quite so translated the name of this elite alcohol from the Celtic language.
Harm of drink
Despite the impressive list of pluses, whisky has also some minuses:
- The excessive use of whisky can not only become the cause of alcoholism, but also to provoke problems with sight, the speech, coordination of movements.
- Whiskey, as well as any kind of alcohol, in high doses is toxin which especially harmful influences cells of a brain.
- Drink can cause violations of work of a liver and kidneys. For men it can be fraught also with violations of an urinogenital system.
- It is categorically contraindicated to use whisky to pregnant women and the nursing women and also people having mental disorders.
Use of medicinal properties
Gourmets who are informed on curative whiskey properties combine useful with pleasant and successfully use drink in the medical purposes.
Important! Buying whisky, surely pay attention to information on the manufacturer not to buy low-quality goods.
At cold and cough
Insidiousness of cold and cough that there is no elixir which would help to get rid of them quickly. But, when the traditional medicine is powerless, it is possible to resort to national methods. One of such methods — tea with spices, milk and whisky. Whisky has anti-bactericidal properties, its use promotes destruction of bacteria and viruses. For preparation of medical tea it is required:
- about 16 buds of a carnation;
- 1 tsps of ginger;
- (To grind) 8 pods of cardamom;
- on a pinch of ground black pepper, nutmeg;
- 2 sticks of cinnamon.
We prepare so:
- To place a collected combination of spices in a pan and to fill in with milk liter.
- All this has to infuse about 10 minutes that milk managed to absorb in itself aroma of spices.
- After that it is necessary to filter carefully turned-out liquid, to back place it in a pan.
- To add 90 ml of whisky, to mix, put on fire and to bring to boiling.
- It is necessary to be treated by this elixir, it still hot so far.
Whether you know? During Prohibition in the USA, Laphroaig whisky could be bought legally in drugstores where drink was implemented as medicine.
At colds it is also possible to rub a body of the patient with this alcohol that promotes improvement of a blood-groove, warms and weakens.
At a sore throat
At diseases of a throat it is possible to receive medical treatment the hot punch made on the basis of whiskey. Such medicine has the warming properties, it it seems how to breathe over a pan with hot potato in uniforms. For preparation of punch it is necessary to mix 30 ml of noble drink, 2 tablespoons of honey and juice from 3 segments a lemon, 240 ml of boiled water and about 10 buds of a carnation. Such medicine it is necessary to mix and drink carefully it while it is even hotter.
At diseases of bronchial tubes
Suffering from diseases of bronchial tubes, national sorcerers recommend to be treated by tincture alteya on the basis of whisky. Such medicine promotes an otkharkivaniye, elite alcohol enhances medicinal properties alteya (enveloping, anti-inflammatory). For preparation of tincture it is required half of liter of whisky and 20 g alteya. Components have to infuse 10 days, after that medicine is ready, and it is possible to accept it till 10-15 drops three times a day.
Whether you know? The world's largest producer and the consumer of whisky is India.
At stomach diseases
There is an opinion that at stomach diseases, drinking whisky and other hard alcoholic beverages, it is possible to get rid of pains. But this opinion misleads more likely, than treats. It is all about property of alcohol to dull pain which, however, can renew with a new force. Actually for a sore stomach, especially during the periods of aggravation, whisky — poison. Doctors strictly forbid treatment of stomach diseases by such method. But, traditional medicine does not doze and recommends valid prescriptions which will transform drink to medicine at stomach ulcer of a stomach, gastritises, bad digestion and gastric frustration.
It is necessary for preparation of medicine:
- 0.5 glasses of the crushed aloe leaves;
- 1 glass of granulated sugar (or 3/4 glasses of honey).
Sequence of preparation is as follows:
- It is necessary to infuse mix in the dark place 3 days.
- Then to add to it 100 g of whisky and to insist 1 more day.
- To accept 1 tablespoon of 2-3 rubles a day before food. Helps at ulcers and gastritises.
It is possible to prepare also other medicine: To fill in 50 g of the crushed nuts with halfliter of whisky and to insist 14 days, periodically shaking up. After to filter, and it is possible to accept for treatment of gastritis and disorders of digestion 1 tablespoon 3 times a day after meals.
Important! But it is always necessary to remember that all recipes are recommended during remission or chronic course of diseases. At their aggravation it is better to put a whisky small bottle aside and to see the gastroenterologist.
It is also worth noting that at bad digestion of food or overeating it is possible to use a glass of whisky in pure form. This procedure will promote development of an additional portion of gastric juice and improvement of digestion.
At a hypertension
Whisky and hypertension are incompatible. At consumption of drink at a hypertension there will occur short-term pressure drop with the subsequent its growth and the following consequences (headache, arrhythmia, tachycardia). Whisky can be used for treatment of a hypertension only as a part of medicinal tinctures. There are several interesting recipes: At early stages will help to overcome a disease such tincture:
- 20 g of a calendula to fill in 100 g of whisky and to insist 7 days. Instead of a calendula it is possible to use hawthorn flowers.
- It is necessary to accept till 40-50 drops on ¼ glasses of water before food 3 times a day.
Tincture of a motherwort is not less effective in fight against pressure:
- Wring out a fresh grass of a motherwort.
- Mix juice with whisky in a proportion 2/3.
- Accept till 25-30 drops on 2 tablespoons of water.
Treatment of a hypertension tinctures of herbs on whisky is recommended to be carried out only at early stages. At drug treatment the alcohol intake is inadmissible at all.
Important! Before an initiation of treatment surely consult the doctor regarding existence of contraindications or an allergy to any given ingredients from above-mentioned recipes of tinctures.
For preparation of tinctures it is necessary to use only quality whisky. Promotional, replicative and doubtful origin goods for these purposes are extremely undesirable in view of their possible not only inefficiencies, but also harm.
Whether it is possible to drink whisky with Coca
Many fans of whisky ask a question how to part whisky and whether it is necessary to part it in general. Whisky — elite drink which infuses 3, 5, 7 and more years in oak barrels in order that you experienced all depth of taste and all bouquet of the aromas inherent in this series. Actually the fashion for cultivation of an adhesive tape Coca, Pepsi or soda was entered by the Hollywood movies where to the main character in the toggle-switch pour whisky with above-mentioned drinks, and it in a volley empties a glass. In most bars dilute only cheap drink which consumption in pure form will not bring any pleasure but only bitterness in a mouth. Quality whisky should be drunk undiluted, small drinks for receiving pleasure from process of drink, but not for banal feeling of intoxication. The trend of mixing influenced also the international association of bartenders in which lists several official whisky cocktails with soft drinks are entered. Scots, for example, do not divide practice of mixing of tastes. They have the system for drink of an adhesive tape 5S.
Learn whether there is an advantage of beer, cahors wine, red and white wine.
Following it, it is necessary to experience aroma of drink at first. Then, having drunk, to take a little alcohol in a mouth and to take a sip. Only then it is possible to wash down with water for strengthening of aftertaste. But, as speak, on taste and color … If to you guests on shot come, it is better to put near a bottle of Jack or Jim on a table several small bottles with Coca, Pepsi or soda not to leave anybody offended, and all were satisfied. And also you can offer the guests with own hand made tincture on the basis of whisky which not only will become a flavoring highlight, but also will help to solve problems with health.