Category Archives: – Book
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014
While everyone reviews this book right when it comes out in October, I am usually a bit slower since my reading queue is quite long all the time. I am actually glad I got around to reading before the next … Continue reading
Book review: Single Minded 2013
When you’re sick and in bed, what better things to do than read of watch TV? I did both over the last days and the first whisky book I read was Johanna Ngoh’s Single Minded. The tagline ‘a modest guide … Continue reading
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Let me tell you about whisky – Neil Ridley & Gavin D. Smith
It’s been a while but I decided to read a whisky book again. This one is a recent release from Gavin D. Smith, a famous whisky writer with quite some credits. The other writer, Neil Ridley, started out as co-founder … Continue reading
Beam, Straight up – Fred Noe
Fred Noe, the seventh generation of master distillers at Jim Beam in Kentucky wrote a book about his life and the brand. The book tells his story, a lot about his father (the legendary Booker Noe) and short insights in the … Continue reading
Canadian Whisky Book Review and Twitter Tasting
Be a part of the world’s first ever whisky book review/twitter tasting. Social media are changing the way we read and the way we taste whisky. We’ve decided to integrate the two! Each Sunday for the next four weeks we will review … Continue reading
Canadian Whisky – Davin de Kergommeaux
Canadian whisky is a kind of whisky I know (or knew) nothing about. Barely available in Europe and apart from Canada it’s only the big brands you will ever find. While there aren’t many distilleries, there are a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Canadian whisky, Davin de Kergommeaux, Portable Expert, Whisky Canadien
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The Paradox of Choice
About two years ago I read a book about this very subject. It was a generally well thought out essay, but the 150 page book was about 125 pages too long, since there weren’t many new points of view or … Continue reading
Brewing up a Business – Sam Calagione
Another book review. It’s been a while but apart from Game of Thrones and it’s sequels I haven’t been reading much. There are too many great tv shows, I’ve been gaming and DIY-ing over the last half year or so … Continue reading
The Little Green Book of Absinthe – Paul Owens & Paul Nathan
This little book was picked up in San Francisco, after visiting the St. George Distillery in Alameda. The visit sparked my interest in Absinthe and I wanted to know more about it. Then we found a truly kick-ass book store … Continue reading
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2011 by Ingvar Ronde
Yesterday I changed my ‘currently reading’ thingy to this book, and today I post a review. I knew I had started reading this some months ago, but I didn’t remember almost finishing it, but I did. The Malt Whisky Yearbook … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 