The other month I discovered a whisky promotion event at my local city, it was held by Balvenie from Scotland. With my hubby being a whisky buff, we went along to see what they were up to.
上個月台中有一場威士忌特展，主題是"手工動感之旅"。愛去愛好杯中物的老公提議去逛逛。 場外佈置得蠻像蘇格蘭的釀酒廠，而裏面展示了五個不同手工之旅。 在參觀過程中，工作人員派發幾件配件， 是用來做一個手工鎖匙扣，還可以選擇印上不同手工動感之旅的標題。 既然是威士忌特展，當然可以品嚐他們的產品，而且還是免費的喔！
They had a mock up distillery in the middle of town, and pockets of grains in the front to give a Scottish distillery feel. I have to say I was quite impressed with the setup .
The theme of the exhibition was The Craftmanship's Journey, and they told the journey of 5 craftmen. The first was about a guy and his classic car, his care and attention to restore it. The technique required during restoration is that you must have 90 degrees angle before you can achieve the perfect form.
Next was a restorative artist who specialises in restoring the ancient paintings inside the many centuries old temples in Taiwan. Perfecting this skill can take things back to its original form - ground zero. (These numbers will mean something later on)
I don't have photos of the next two exhibits but you can see them in the video. One was from a master leather maker who specialises in making baseball gloves. Making each pair of gloves entails 15 processes, so the 15 processes plus 1 master makes the perfect creation. The other is a mechanic who restores and makes his own motorbike. The number here is 99, meaning nothing is perfect, and the minor imperfection is what makes things special. This is the pack of leaflet for the exhibition.
The last exhibit is about the 5 Balvenie Craftsmen. The Farmers, the Malt Men, the Coppersmiths, the Coopers and the Malt Master. Together they create the the final product, many which were on display during the exhibition.
As we were led through the tour of these five journeys, we were given various components. This was to make a leather keyring, and takes me to those numbers I mentioned earlier on.
At the end of tour, there was a bank of hot stamps, each with a different number from the craftmen's journey. You can choose which one you want to emboss on your keyring.
I choose 99 and hubby choose 5, here they are.
And finally, we were able to try, on the house of course, and glass of whisky to round off an interesting and enjoyable afternoon. Don't forget to check out my video for a full tour of the exhibition!
My video is at DLive