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This volume portrays 200 whiskies from around the world--from Scotland and Ireland through the rest of Europe to the USA and Canada, as well as the Far East, Australia and New Zealand.
Each brand is presented with beautiful photography and detailed information about the region where it is made, its producer, its history, and of course, its unique taste. Each presentation culminates in specific "Tasting Notes" for the whisky at hand, designed to provide some guidance in making selections among the almost overwhelming array of whiskies available. Beautifully illustrated, this book sings the praises of whisky as a long-standing part of our culture, something that is still handcrafted with great dedication and carefully tended for years before it reaches the marketplace.
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Like the best wine or fine cigars, whisky is not only a pleasing beverage, but also a vital element of our culture that takes on a highly individual character through its production, maturation and further finishing. The growing market for whisky has inspired bold pioneers around the world--in Europe, certainly, but also in India, Japan and Australia--to produce their own distinctive whiskies, some of whom have achieved remarkable results.
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The Scots and the Irish are both contenders for the honour of having invented whisky (or whiskey). There is good evidence that it was Irish monks whom we have to thank for the fine spirit, but the Scottish point proudly to the first historical documentation of the production of "aquavite," the water of life, which dates to 1494.
Scotland has established itself as the most important country of origin, with more than ninety distilleries producing whiskies of the finest quality. The majority of the single malts, which are today preferred by many whisky connoisseurs over blended whiskies, originate from this rugged swathe of land. Whisky has a long tradition in the USA and Canada, as well, although production was severely curtailed during the period of Prohibition in the USA between 1920 and 1933. In the meantime, of course, several large firms and smaller artisan distilleries of distinction have emerged, but the great
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