Bookshelf

Mark Bylok – The Whisky Cabinet

January 29, 2015
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A while ago I was contacted by Canadian author Mark Bylok if I was interested in a review copy of his book “The Whisky Cabinet”. New whisky books are always interesting to look at, so I agreed.

John Lamond: Whiskey – Instant Expert – Book Review

October 1, 2013
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In the “Instant Expert” book series of US based publishers Princeton Architectural Press, the Scottish whisky expert John Lamond gas contributed a title about whisky

Davin de Kergommeaux: Canadian Whisky – The Portable Expert

May 19, 2012
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Canadian Malt Maniac Davin de Kergommeaux has done it again! After launching canadianwhisky.org, he continued his quest to make the world familiar with this drink by writing a book.

Michael Jackson: Whisky – The Definitive World Guide

March 27, 2012
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Today is the 70th Birthday of Michael Jackson who died of a heart attack on 30th August 2007. For the fifth time now, whisky lovers around the globe are raising their drams to him.

Book Review – Darek Bell: Alt Whiskeys

February 23, 2012
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Alt Whiskeys is basically a cookbook “for the adventurous distiller” as the subtitle puts it.The philosophy of the book is to approach distilling from the perspective of a craft brewer.

Book Review – Russell: Whisky Technology, Production and Marketing

June 6, 2011
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A scientifc approach to all aspects of whisky making. But one chapter fails to keep up the high level.

Dramming With the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2011

September 24, 2010
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Imagine my surprise when Ingvar Ronde contacted me to tell me that dramming.com would be mentioned in the 2011 edition of his Malt Whisky Yearbook. Needless to say that I feel very honoured to be included in this important book.

Book Review – Andrew Jefford: Peat Smoke and Spirit

June 13, 2010
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This is a portrait of Islay and its whiskies. And because Islay really is more than just a bunch of distilleries on a pile of peat sticking out of the Irish Sea, only about a third of the book deals with whisky.