This will be the definitive book on whiskey and whiskey drinking, with every page a visually exciting and informative-packed celebration of the world's finest liquor.
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Jim Murray was a Hartford, Connecticut, native and 1943 Trinity College graduate. He worked at the New Haven Register and Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and was TIME Inc.'s Hollywood correspondent, a founding father of Sports Illustrated, and sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times for 37 years. Murray was inducted into Cooperstown's Baseball Hall of Fame writers' wing in 1988 and won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1990. He died in 1998.
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This book is by the world's whisk(e)y expert and it shows. Unlike many books on whisk(e)y that limit themselves to Scotch and maybe Irish, this book also includes extensive sections on Bourbon, Tennessee Whisk(e)y and Canadian. Mr. Murray does not categorically state that Scotch is better than Bourbon or vice versa. He understands that each has their own particular qualities.Mr. Murray has visited all of the North American distilleries as well as the Irish and Scotch distilleries and he describes them all. He gives one a feel for each distillery. He also offers some of his suggestions for the best whisk(e)y of each type. This is truly an outstanding guidebook to the whisk(e)y industry and its products.
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Jim Murray, Single Malt Poet,
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Okay, maybe he's not a poet, maybe he's a whisk(e)y writer, but Mr. Murray has a poet heart. In my opinion, and I have read all the whisky books I can get ahold of, Jim Murray is the quintessential whisky writer. No library is complete without his books. With Mr. Murray, you're not just reading about the characteristics of a whisky, you're being teleported from your arm chair to the distillery with first class grace and charm. You won't just find out how the whisky tastes, you'll feel warm sunshine on your face, you'll smell heather as you stroll the Highlands in search of your favorite dram. Prepare to be baptized: this man knows that a bit of countryside is in every bottle, and he will immerse you in the total whisky experience. He may wax poetic, but as he readily confesses, "I do have a passion." So will you, if you get this book.
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Despite what others have written elsewhere over a great many years, the making of whisky, or whiskey, is not a difficult task. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rye hardness, wooden washbacks, intense malt, distillery dates, only distillery, peated malt, cent rye, original distillery, distillery manager, blending whisky, malted rye, malt distillers, other distillers, other distilleries, first distillery, malt distillery, illicit distillers, cask strength, old distillery, copper pot stills, independent bottlers, making whisky, new distillery, sherry cask, malt distilleries Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Distillers, Wild Turkey, Heaven Hill, Jim Beam, Jack Daniel, Maker's Mark, Port Ellen, Ancient Age, Early Times, United States, Canadian Mist, Allied Domecq, Glen Grant, North America, Old Forester, Stitzel Weller, Canadian Club, Highland Park, Black Label, Second World War, Caol Ila, Crown Royal, Hiram Walker, Inver House, Blair Athol New!
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Despite what others have written elsewhere over a great many years, the making of whisky, or whiskey, is not a difficult task. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rye hardness, wooden washbacks, intense malt, distillery dates, only distillery, peated malt, cent rye, original distillery, distillery manager, blending whisky, malted rye, malt distillers, other distillers, other distilleries, first distillery, malt distillery, illicit distillers, cask strength, old distillery, copper pot stills, independent bottlers, making whisky, new distillery, sherry cask, malt distilleries Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Distillers, Wild Turkey, Heaven Hill, Jim Beam, Jack Daniel, Maker's Mark, Port Ellen, Ancient Age, Early Times, United States, Canadian Mist, Allied Domecq, Glen Grant, North America, Old Forester, Stitzel Weller, Canadian Club, Highland Park, Black Label, Second World War, Caol Ila, Crown Royal, Hiram Walker, Inver House, Blair Athol New!
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