Appreciating Whiskey: The Connoisseur's Guide to Nosing, Tasting and Enjoying Scotch - Hardcover

Hills, Phillip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0004724496 ISBN 13: 9780004724492

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

An accessible, jargon-free guide to understanding, tasting, and appreciating Scotch whisky, written by the founder of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

About this title

From the Publisher:

As with fine wines, there is a skill to being able to ³appreciate² a good Scotch. But how does one attain this skill? Appreciating Whisky offers a complete course in developing a palate for whisky. Using specific popular whiskies that you are encouraged to have at hand as you work through the book, you will learn how to recognize what it is you are tasting and smelling and how to describe it in the language of the experts. How whisky is produced, and what each of its constituents and stages of manufacture brings to the final product are discussed in detail. You will then be introduced to the various chemical processes at work during distillation and maturation that give each whisky its distinct characteristics. Finally, you will be shown how to organize a formal tasting session. A definitive guide for the aspiring whisky buff.

About the Author:

Phillip Hills was a founder of the Scotch Malt Whisky Association and through this, played a significant role in persuading whisky companies to produce malt whisky for general consumption. He is the owner of The Malt Masterclass, a company specialising in private and corporate tasting classes. He is also the first (and only) holder since 1791 of a private licence to distill whisky which he does for demonstration purposes onhis private still.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0004724496
• ISBN 13: 9780004724492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 191