The World Atlas of Whisky: More Than 200 Distilleries Explored and 750 Expressions Tasted (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781845339425)

This new, fully updated edition of The World Atlas of Whisky provides an in-depth, comprehensive journey through the history, process, distilleries and expressions of world whiskies

"The best whisky book ever - a must-read for drinkers!" - Forbes

"The perfect go-to reference guide for the whisky lover's bookshelf." - Whisky Magazine

Award-winning author and whisky expert Dave Broom explores over 200 distilleries and examines over 400 expressions. Detailed descriptions of the Scottish distilleries can be found here, while Ireland, Japan, the USA, Canada and the rest of the world are given exhaustive coverage. There are tasting notes on single malts from Aberfeldy to Tormore, Yoichi (and coverage of the best of the blends). Six specially created 'Flavor Camp Charts' group whiskies by style and allow readers to identify new whiskies from around the world to try.

This extensively updated and extended edition features new material on burgeoning areas, including detailed coverage of many recently opened US craft distilleries, new distilleries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and discussion of the growing whisky scene in Latin America.

With over 200 beautiful color photographs and 21 color maps locating distilleries and whisky-related sites, this is a stylish celebration of the heritage, romance, craftsmanship and versatility of whisky.

Author: Dave Broom
ISBN-10: 1845339428
ISBN-13: 9781845339425
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2014
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.94lbs
Size: 11.50h x 9.10w x 1.20d
Award: IACP Crystal Whisk Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2015 pg. 28