This complete guide to whiskey explores the history, traditions, and types along with tasting tips and 25 recipes for drinks and perfect pairings. Whiskey is not just your dad’s drink. From Scotland’s grand traditions to America’s recent distillery boom, there’s plenty to explore, appreciate, and enjoy. Whether you’re a whiskey veteran or newly initiated to the “Water of Life,” The Little Book of Whiskey is your ideal guide to knowing your whiskey—and getting the most out of it. Award-winning food and spirits writer Lynda Balsley explains the storied origins of whiskey, the differences between Scotch and Bourbon, and what to look for when you sniff and sip. She also offers tips on how to host a whiskey tasting and recipes for perfect whiskey cocktails and foods that pair perfectly with your favorite malt.
Full to the rim with whisky-soaked wit and wisdom, quotes, facts and stats.
This beautifully presented Little Book is an excellent introduction to the world of Irish whiskey.
Whiskey Women tells the tales of women who have created this industry, from Mesopotamia’s first beer brewers and distillers to America’s rough-and-tough bootleggers during Prohibition.
Kate Hopkins knew there had to be more to whiskey than using it as a mixer. She had an unquenchable thirst to learn more about "the drink" and set out...
The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails sets out to share the stories of the whiskey-making world and recipes suitable for whiskey enthusiasts of all expertise levels.
Brian Haara recounts the development of commercial laws that guided the United States from an often reckless laissez-faire mentality, through the growing pains of industrialization, past the overcorrection of Prohibition, and into its final ...
This little volume will tell you everything you need to know, from what to look for in whisky and what to avoid, to getting the best value for money to the perfect accompaniments to your dram and the ideal whisky for every occasion.
According to Tom Bulleit, his great-great- grandfather, the tavern keeper Augustus Bulleit, developed the first batch of ... The 300-acre, $115 million facility is designed to eventually operate at a peak capacity of 1.8 million proof ...
The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails sets out to share the stories of the whiskey-making world and recipes suitable for whiskey enthusiasts of all expertise levels.
From Jack’s youthful days learning the distiller’s art from a former slave to his inspired design for the distinctive, square Jack Daniel’s bottle, this lively biography separates fact from myth as it reveals a man whose real life was ...