生命之水:艾雷岛威士忌品鉴指南

1.关于艾雷岛About Islay 被誉为“赫布里底群岛女王”的艾雷岛，是内赫布里底群岛*南端的岛屿，也是苏格兰第五大岛屿，坐拥620平方公里资源，南北纵贯40公里，东西横跨24公里。 它位于阿盖尔—比特议会区内，距朱拉岛西南仅几百米——两者被艾雷海峡隔开，位于爱尔兰以北40公里。 海拔491米的贝恩·比格峰是艾雷岛的*高点。 Islay, known as “The Queen of the Hebrides”, is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides and the fifth-largest Scottish island, with an area of 620 square kilometres, running about 40 kilometres from north to south, and 24 kilometres from east to west. It lies in Argyll and Bute Council, just a few hundred metres south-west of Jura, separated by the Sound of Islay, and around 40 kilometres north of the Ireland. Islay highest point is Beinn Bheigeir summit with 491 meters. 气候 受墨西哥湾暖流影响，艾雷岛气候温和，夏季平均气温为16℃。然而，尽管岛上雪和霜冻相对罕见，它仍然被来自大西洋时速超150 公里的强风影响着。 艾雷岛年降雨量125厘米，是伦敦的两倍。4月、5月和6月是*干旱的月份，而*潮湿的月份是1月和10月。 人口 该岛行政首府是位于岛中心的波摩，位于洛欣达尔湾的海岸线上。埃伦港是*大的镇，夏洛特港和波特纳黑文是另外两个主要定居点。19世纪初，该岛人口已有约1.8万，如今仅3000多人。 在这里，主要的经济活动是农业、麦芽威士忌蒸馏业和旅游业。 Climate The climate is mild and ameliorated by the Gulf Stream, with average summer temperature of 16°C. However, the island is influenced by strong winds from the Atlantic at speeds of more than 150 km/h, although snow and frosts are relatively rare on the island. Islay receives 125 cm of rain every year, twice more than London. April, May and June are the driest months and January and October are the wettest. Population The island’s capital is Bowmore, located at the heart of the island, on the shore of Loch Indaal. Port Ellen is the biggest town and Port Charlotte and Portnahaven are the other main settlements.The population of the island was around 18,000 at the beginning of the 19th century, but today it is just over 3,000. The main economic activities are agriculture, malt whisky distillation and tourism. 运输 岛上有两个渡口： 埃伦港——可航行到肯纳奎格（位于苏格兰大陆）。 阿斯凯格港——渡运到肯纳奎格（大陆）、奥本（大陆）以及费林（朱拉岛上）。 埃伦港附近还有一个机场，有航班到格拉斯哥、奥本以及科伦赛。 旅游魅力 威士忌显然是艾雷岛旅游业的核心吸引力之一，所有的酒厂都提供参观及试饮。但同时，艾雷岛也是许多鸟类的栖息地，比如越冬种群格陵兰白额雁和白颊黑雁。这里常年是观鸟爱好者们的热门目的地。 以下是岛上其他几个可以造访的地方： 美国人纪念碑——位于艾雷岛西南角的奥之岬，这个纪念碑纪念着在1918年两次海难中失去的几百条生命。