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Whiskey Master Class

The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and More

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Whiskey Master Class

By: Lew Bryson, Bill Lumsden - foreword
Narrated by: Lew Bryson
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About this listen

Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey. In Whiskey Master Class, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more (yes, there are tasty Canadian and Irish whiskeys!). In this book, you'll find:

  • An overview of the different types of whiskeys, including the rules and identities of each. He also includes information on craft whiskeys, which tend to be more creative and freewheeling than the styles made by traditional producers.
  • Exploration of the key whiskey ingredients, with a close look at the flavor contributions of malt, peat, corn, rye, wheat-even water matters.
  • Distillation for non-distillers and the beauty of barrels: Whiskey is both an art and a science, and what's in the glass is affected by things like pot stills vs. column stills, barrel char, and of course, time.
  • Numerous interviews with master distillers, still makers, and other artisans at the top of their field.
  • Tasting notes throughout so you can identify the whiskeys you might want to try next.

You'll want to do the homework with whiskey as the subject!

©2020 Lew Bryson (P)2022 Tantor Food & Wine Gastronomy Wine & Beverages

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As a whisky craft distiller in Belgium, this book tells me a lot of how whisky lovers can look at our products in several ways. But we only make whisky to enjoy people, get them together and have the time of their live by just enjoying the moment. Great book! Love it!

Inspiring

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Clear concise and brilliantly narrated. Great listening and informative and detailed. I would recommend this book to anyone starting off

Absolutely brilliant

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Loved every minute of this audio book. Not knowing much about Bourbon and Rye as an English man who is on a whisky journey.

Appreciated all the interesting detail and the differences between the regional whisk(e)y and how they are made. I will definitely start to get in to blind tasting though as a great way to improve my knowledge and experience dissecting flavours .

Just bought a bottle of Wild Turkey rare breed online and I'm looking forward to it after finishing this book .

thanks again

Enjoyable and very informative

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interesting book about whiskey. not a fan of whiskey, specifically, but the book was still fascinating.
now i know what "angel's share" is, that “whiskey slumbers”, that there’s “accelerated aging” for whiskey, that caramel can be used to change colour and can make the whiskey appear older, and that a bottle of whiskey should be finished within 6 months after opening to not lose the flavour and to “do your whiskey a favour”. definitely levelled up in my knowledge.
interesting book, with detailed information on the topic. master class worthy.

master class worthy

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I’m currently researching for a book I’m writing that involves, Scotland, photography and snippets regarding Scotch whisky.

It has been invaluable helping me to understand the culture surrounding whisky as a subject.

Sláinte!

Simply Brilliant

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