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The World Atlas of Whisky

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The World Atlas of Whisky by Dave Broom is an essential guide for whisky enthusiasts that explores the diverse world of whisky production. It maps out the complex flavours and production techniques from various regions, offering insights into both well-known and more obscure distilleries. The book is rich with detailed maps and tasting notes, making it an invaluable resource for both novices and connoisseurs looking to expand their whisky knowledge.
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This book may appeal to you if you have a passion for exploring the rich and diverse world of whisky. Renowned expert Dave Broom guides enthusiasts through the global landscape of whisky, offering insights into different styles, regions, and flavours. It's ideal for anyone who enjoys discovering new tastes and deepening their appreciation for this classic spirit.

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The World Atlas of Whisky

This new, fully updated edition of The World Atlas of Whisky provides an in-depth, comprehensive journey through the history, process, distilleries and expressions of world whiskies.

This new, fully updated edition of The World Atlas of Whisky provides an in-depth, comprehensive journey through the history, process, distilleries and expressions of world whiskies.

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The best whisky book ever - a must-read for drinkers! - Forbes

The perfect go-to reference guide for the whisky lover's bookshelf. - Whisky Magazine

Award-winning author and whisky expert Dave Broom explores over 200 distilleries and examines over 400 expressions. Detailed descriptions of the Scottish distilleries can be found here, while Ireland, Japan, the USA, Canada, and the rest of the world are given exhaustive coverage. There are tasting notes on single malts from Aberfeldy to Tormore, Yoichi (and coverage of the best of the blends).

Six specially created 'Flavour Camp Charts' group whiskies by style and allow readers to identify new whiskies from around the world to try.

This extensively updated and extended edition features new material on burgeoning areas, including detailed coverage of many recently opened US craft distilleries, new distilleries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and discussion of the growing whisky scene in Latin America.

With over 200 beautiful colour photographs and 21 colour maps locating distilleries and whisky-related sites, this is a stylish celebration of the heritage, romance, craftsmanship, and versatility of whisky.

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The World Atlas of Whisky by Dave Broom is lauded for its thorough knowledge, integrity, and passion, making it a standout read in its genre. It's celebrated as possibly the best whisky book ever and a must-read for enthusiasts, with the book being praised as a perfect reference guide for any whisky lover.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781845339517

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 October 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mitchell Beazley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 236.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 1793g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Award-winning author and whisky expert Dave Broom has been writing about whisky for 25 years as a journalist and author. He has written eight books, two of which (Drink! and Rum) won the Glenfiddich Award for Drinks Book of the Year. He has also won the Glenfiddich Award for Drinks Writer of the Year twice and recently won the extremely prestigious IWSC Communicator of the Year Award.

Dave is editor-in-chief of Whisky Magazine: Japan, consultant editor to Whisky Magazine (UK, the USA, France, Spain), and a lead columnist on Whisky Advocate (USA). He is also editor of the Scotch Whisky Review and a contributor to a raft of national and international titles including the Spectator, Mixology and Imbibe (Europe). He is a regular broadcaster on TV and radio.

Over his two decades in the field, Dave has built up a considerable international following with regular training/educational visits to France, Holland, Germany, the USA and Japan. His remit has covered consumer features as well as business reports. He is also actively involved in whisky education, acting as a consultant to major distillers on tasting techniques as well as teaching professionals and the public. He was also one of the developers of Diageo's generic whisky tasting tool, the Flavour Map(TM).

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