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Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is Whisky?
1. What Are the Origins of the Word Whisky?
2. Why Is Whisky Spelled With and Without an E?
3. What Are the Different Types of Whisky?
4. How Many Brands of Whisky Are There?
5. Which Country Produces the Most Whisky?
6. Which Countries Are the Biggest Exporters of Whisky?
7. What Does a Bottle of Whisky Cost?
8. Is Older Whisky Better Than Younger Whisky?
9. Can Anybody Make Whisky?
Chapter 2: Whisky Around the World
10. Whisky Made in Scotland
11. Whiskey Made in Ireland
12. Whiskey Made in the United States
13. Whisky Made in Canada
14. Whisky Made in Japan
15. Is Whisky Produced Anywhere Else in the World?
16. Australian Whisky
17. Austrian Whisky
18. Belgian Whisky
19. Czech Whisky
20. Danish Whisky
21. Dutch Whisky
22. English Whisky
23. Finnish Whisky
24. French Whisky
25. German Whisky
26. Icelandic Whisky
27. Italian Whisky
28. Norwegian Whisky
29. South African Whisky
30. South American Whisky
31. Spanish Whisky
32. Swedish Whisky
33. Swiss Whisky
34. Taiwanese Whisky
35. Turkish Whisky
36. Welsh Whisky
37. Does Whisky Have an Appellation Like Wine Does?
38. Whisky and Terroir
Chapter 3: From Grain to Glass
Malt Whisky
39. How Is Malt Whisky Made?
40. Where Does the Water Come From?
41. Does the Type of Water Used Affect the Whisky?
42. What Types of Grains Are Used?
43. Where Does the Barley Come From?
44. What Is Malting?
45. What Is Kilning?
46. How Does Peat Smoke Affect the Malted Barley?
47. What Are Phenols?
48. Why Is the Malted Barley Milled?
49. What Is Mashing?
50. What Is a Mash Tun?
51. What Is an Underback?
52. What Is the Influence of Water During Mashing?
53. What Is Draff?
54. What Is a Washback?
55. Stainless Steel Versus Wooden Washbacks
56. What Is Fermentation?
57. How Does the Yeast Influence the Flavor?
58. What Kinds of Yeast Are Used in Fermentation?
59. Where Do the Distilleries Get Their Yeast?
60. How Long Does Fermentation Take?
61. What Is the Wash?
62. What Is a Wash Still?
63. What Is a Pot Still?
64. How Does a Pot Still Work?
65. What Is a Spirit Still?
66. What Is a Purifier?
67. What Is a Lyne Arm?
68. What Is a Swan Neck?
69. What Is a Boil Ball?
70. What Is Reflux?
71. Why Do Pot Still Shapes Differ?
72. Why Are Pot Stills Made of Copper?
73. What Is a Condenser?
74. What Is Direct Heating?
75. What Is a Rummager?
76. What Is Indirect Heating?
77. What Is a Spirit Safe?
78. What Are Foreshots?
79. What Is the Middle Cut?
80. What Are Feints?
81. What Is a Feints Receiver?
82. What Is a Low Wines Receiver?
83. What Is New Make Spirit?
84. What Is a Spirit Receiver?
85. What Is Pot Ale?
86. What Are Spent Lees?
87. What Is Triple Distillation?
88. How Does Spirit Get into a Cask?
89. How Long Does Whisky Mature?
90. What Is a Dunnage Warehouse?
91. What Is a Racked Warehouse?
92. Does Whisky Always Mature in Wooden Casks?
93. What Types of Oak Are Used?
94. What Is a Barrel?
95. How Is a Barrel Made?
96. Why Are New Barrels Charred or Toasted?
97. What Are the Main Characteristics of American Oak?
98. What Are the Main Characteristics of European Oak?
99. What Types of Barrels Are Used?
100. What Is a Butt?
101. What Is a Puncheon?
102. What Is a Hogshead?
103. What Is a Port Pipe?
104. What Is a Quarter Cask?
105. What Is Virgin Oak?
106. What Is the Angels’ Share?
107. What Is the Difference Between First Fill and Refill Casks?
108. How Many Times Can a Barrel Be Used?
109. What Happens During Maturation?
110. Does the Size of the Cask Influence the Maturation Process?
111. Does Location Influence Maturation?
112. At What Alcohol Percentage Is Spirit Poured into the Cask?
113. At What Alcohol Percentage Does Whisky Come Out of the Cask?
114. What Is Reracking?
115. What Is Wood Finish or Extra Maturation?
116. Does the Wood Influence the Final Flavor of Whisky?
117. How Many Single Malts Come from Scotland?
118. How Is Grain Whisky Made?
119. What Is Column Distillation?
120. How Does the Analyzer Work?
121. How Does the Rectifier Work?
122. How Does Grain Whisky Mature?
123. How Many Grain Distilleries Does Scotland Have?
Blended Whisky
124. How Is Blended Whisky Made?
125. How Do You Make a Good Blend?
126. How Many Blends Are There?
127. Who Was Andrew Usher?
128. Who Was Johnnie Walker?
129. Who Was George Ballantine?
130. Where Does the Name Famous Grouse Originate?
131. Who Were the Chivas Brothers?
132. Who Was Tommy Dewar?
133. What Do the Initials in J&B Represent?
134. Where Does the Name Black & White Originate?
135. Who Is Behind the White Horse Label?
136. What Is the Story Behind Cutty Sark?
137. What Other Scottish Blends Are Available?
138. Why Are There So Many Blended Whiskies?
Irish Whiskey
139. How Is Irish Whiskey Made?
140. What Is Single Pot Still Whiskey?
141. How Is Single Pot Still Whiskey Made?
142. What Is Potcheen?
143. How Does Irish Whiskey Mature?
144. How Many Irish Distilleries Are There?
145. What Are the Well-Known Irish Whiskey Brands?
Bourbon
146. How Is Bourbon Made?
147. What Is a Mash Bill?
148. What Is a Mash Cooker?
149. What Is Sour Mash?
150. What Are Fermenters?
151. What Happens in the Beer Still?
152. What Is a Thumper?
153. What Is a Doubler?
154. What Are Heads and Tails?
155. What Is the Tail Box?
156. What Is White Dog?
157. How Long Does Bourbon Mature?
158. What Kind of Barrel Is Used for Bourbon Maturation?
159. What Types of Warehouses Are Used for Maturing Bourbon?
160. Does Bourbon Have an Angels’ Share?
161. What Is Barrel Dumping?
162. What Is the Devil’s Cut?
163. Who Was the First Whiskey Distiller in the United States?
164. Is All American Whiskey Bourbon?
165. Does Bourbon Always Have to Come from Kentucky?
166. What Is Straight Bourbon?
167. What Is Kentucky Straight Bourbon?
168. Where Does the Name Bourbon Originate?
169. Does Bourbon Always Come from the United States?
170. Why Is Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey Not Called Bourbon?
171. What Is the Lincoln County Process?
172. How Is Rye Whiskey Made?
173. How Long Does Rye Whiskey Mature?
174. How Is Wheat Whiskey Made?
175. How Long Must Wheat Whiskey Mature?
176. Can Single Malt Whisk(e)y Be Made in the United States?
177. What Are the Famous Bourbon Brands?
178. Prohibition in the United States
179. What Were the Consequences of Prohibition?
180. What Role Did the Christian Temperance Movement Play in Prohibition?
181. Public Figures Supporting Prohibition
182. The Rise of Organized Crime During Prohibition
183. The Real McCoy
184. Repeal
185. The Aftermath of Prohibition
Canadian Whisky
186. How Is Canadian Whisky Made?
187. What Is the Definition of Canadian Whisky?
188. How Long Does Canadian Whisky Mature?
Japanese Whisky
189. How Is Japanese Whisky Made?
190. How Long Does Japanese Whisky Mature?
Chapter 4: In the Bottle and On the Bottle
191. When Is Whisky Bottled?
192. Where Is Whisky Bottled?
193. What Is the Alcohol Percentage of Whisky at Bottling?
194. Is Whisky Diluted Before Bottling?
195. Is Whisky Filtered Before Bottling?
196. Is Whisky Colored Before Bottling?
197. What Is Raw Cask Whisky?
198. How to Read a Whisky Label
199. What Does the Origin Tell Me?
200. What Does the Type Tell Me?
201. What Does the Age Tell Me?
202. Are Age Statements Mandatory?
203. What Does the Name Tell Me?
204. What Does ABV Mean?
205. What Is the Volume of a Whisky Bottle?
206. What Does Proof Mean?
207. What Does NAS Mean?
208. What Is E150a?
209. What Does Single Malt Mean?
210. What Is an Independent Bottler?
211. What Is the Difference Between an Official Distillery Bottling and an Independent One?
212. What Is a Single Cask or Single Barrel Bottling?
213. What Is a Limited Edition?
214. What Types of Bottles Are Used?
215. How Long Can I Keep Whisky?
216. What Is the Best Method for Storing Whisky?
217. What Happens to Whisky in the Bottle?
218. What Is the Old Bottle Effect?
219. When Is a Screw Cap Used?
220. When Is a Cork Used?
221. Why Do So Many Scottish Whisky Names Begin with Glen?
Chapter 5: Tasting Whisky
222. What Kind of Glass Should I Use to Drink Whisky?
223. How Do I Nose Whisky?
224. How Do I Taste Whisky?
225. How Many Flavors and Aromas Can Be Detected?
226. What Is the Body of Whisky?
227. What Is a Finish?
228. What Is a Shot Glass?
229. What Is a Highball?
230. What Is a Tumbler?
231. What Is a Nosing Glass or Snifter?
232. What Is a Quaich?
233. Do I Need to Decant Whisky?
234. What Is a Dram?
235. What Is the Effect of Adding Ice to Whisky?
236. What Is the Effect of Adding Water to Whisky?
237. What Is a Tasting Note?
238. How Do I Write My Own Tasting Notes?
239. What Are the Different Types of Tastings?
240. How Do I Arrange a Tasting?
241. What Are the Dos and Don’ts of Pairing Food with Whisky?
242. Which Whiskies Go Well with Fish?
243. Which Whiskies Go Well with Meat?
244. Which Whiskies Go Well with Vegetarian Dishes?
245. Which Whiskies Go Well with Cheese?
246. Which Whiskies Go Well with Chocolate?
247. Which Whiskies Go Well with Cigars?
248. How Many Glasses Can I Pour from a Bottle of Whisky?
249. What Are Some Especially Good Whisky Cocktails?
250. Men’s Versus Women’s Whiskies
251. How Can I Become a Whisky Connoisseur?
252. How Do I Interpret Whisky Scores from Authors?
253. Whisky Clubs
Chapter 6: Buying and Investing in Whisky
254. Why Is Whisky More Expensive Than Most Other Distillates?
255. What Defines the Worth of a Whisky?
256. Where Can I Buy Whisky?
257. Can Whisky Be Sold Online?
258. What Supermarkets Sell Whisky?
259. What About Whisky Auctions?
260. How Can I Make a Bid Online?
261. How Can I Invest in Whisky?
262. How Can I Choose the Best Brand to Invest In?
263. What to Sell and What to Keep?
264. What Is the Best Way to Store an Unopened Bottle of Whisky?
265. What Are the Risks Involved When Investing in Whisky?
266. What Is the Whisky Index?
267. What Is SWI?
268. How Much Scotch Whisky Is Sold Annually Worldwide?
269. How Much American Whisky Is Sold Annually Worldwide?
270. What Kinds of Whisky-Related Things Can I Collect?
271. A History of Whisky Literature
272. Whisky Literature from the United Kingdom
273. Whisky Literature from the United States
274. Whisky Literature from Ireland, Canada, and Japan
275. Malt Whisky Yearbook
Chapter 7: Whisky Trends
276. The Current Whisky Landscape
277. The Whiskey Scene in the United States
278. The Whisky Scene in Scotland
279. The Whiskey Scene in Ireland
280. The Whisky Scene in the Netherlands
281. The Whisky Scene in Other Parts of Europe
282. The Whisky Scene in Japan
283. The Whisky Scene in Canada
284. The Whisky Scene in Australasia
285. Innovation in the Industry
286. Flavor Innovations in Whisky
287. What Is Craft Distilling?
288. The Future of Whisky
Chapter 8: Whisky Trivia
289. Who Invented Distilling?
290. Which Nation Was the First to Make Whisky?
291. Why Was Whisky Predominantly Distilled in Colder Regions at First?
292. How Did Whisky-Making Knowledge End Up in Ireland?
293. Who Was Saint Patrick?
294. Who Was Saint Columba?
295. What Is the Oldest Distillery in Ireland?
296. How Did the Scots Learn to Distill Whisky?
297. Who Was John Cor?
298. What Is the Oldest Distillery in Scotland?
299. How Did Whiskey Distilling Come to the United States?
300. What Was the Whiskey Rebellion?
301. What Did the First President of the United States Have to Do with Whiskey?
302. What Is Moonshining?
303. What Does NASCAR Have to Do with Moonshine?
304. Who Was Elijah Craig?
305. Who Was Evan Williams?
306. Who Was Jack Daniel?
307. Who Was James Crow?
308. Who Was John Jameson?
309. Who Was James Power?
310. Who Was Robert Stein?
311. Who Was Charles Doig?
312. Who Was Robert Burns?
313. Who Was Shinjiro Torii?
314. Who Was Masataka Taketsuru?
315. Who Is Tatsuya Minagawa?
316. Who Was Hiram Walker?
317.Who Was Samuel Bronfman?
Chapter 9: Whisky Distilleries and Maps
318. What Is Distillery Character?
319. Distilleries in Scotland
320. Distilleries in Ireland
321. Distilleries in England and Wales
322. Distilleries in the United States
323. Distilleries in Canada
324. Distilleries in Japan
Some Drinking Recommendations
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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