World Whiskey: A Nation-by-Nation Guide to the Best Distillery Secrets - Hardcover

DK

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465453598 ISBN 13: 9781465453594

Publisher: DK, 2016

Synopsis

World Whiskey is your nation-by-nation whiskey bible to more than 700 varieties and top award-winners from around the world.

Featuring an up-to-date photograph for each type to aid in recognition, this comprehensive reference guides you through every important distilling nation—from Dewar's and Macallan in Scotland to Jack Daniel's and Maker's Mark in the United States to Amrut and Lammerlaw in Asia and Australasia. Its nation-by-nation A to Z format makes it accessible for confirmed whiskey lovers and new converts alike.

Tasting notes and information on the factors that contribute to each variety's unique flavor help you explore and enjoy this distinctive spirit. Learn about every aspect of whiskey production, gain insight into the operation and secrets of featured distilleries, use whiskey tour maps to plan trips around major whiskey-producing regions, and much more.

With this completely up-to-date edition of World Whiskey, you are sure to find a satisfying dram wherever you are.

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DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGOŽ books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

Review

"Author Charles MacLean and his team of regional experts offer general information for novices as well as thorough background information and tasting notes on virtually every whiskey produced today." — Wine Spectator

"There are few consoling or celebratory pleasures in life equal to a glass of really good whiskey. For the connoisseur (and those who aspire to such a level of expertise), there is now World Whiskey: A Nation-by-Nation Guide to the Best, a superbly organized and encyclopedically detailed reference compendium." — Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1465453598
• ISBN 13: 9781465453594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352