Whiskey Distilled: A Populist Guide to the Water of Life Audiobook (Free)

In the populist tradition of Andrea Immer, New York City’s first female whiskey sommelier translates today’s hottest spirit for a fresh generation of imbibers

Whiskey is amid an enormous renaissance. A decade ago, america housed sixty-nine art distillers; today, you will find more than 500. Exports of Scotch whisky grew 12 percent simply last year. Sales are skyrocketing, and specialty bars are showing up around the united states, from New York City to Chicago to Houston.

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However whiskey drinkers-especially novices-are even more confused than ever before. Within the last decade, whiskey professional Heather Greene has been bombarded with a large number of queries, including: Can I possess ice in my own whiskey? Exactly why is it occasionally spelled ‘whisky’? Why is bourbon different? As New York City’s first female whiskey sommelier, Greene introduces audiences to the spirit’s charms and problems the children’ club sensibilities that have produced whiskey seem inaccessible, with amazing new research that presents the crucial importance of ‘nosing’ whiskey. Through energetic tastings, speaking engagements, and classes like the popular ‘Whiskey as an Aphrodisiac,’ Greene has been demystifying whiskey the way Andrea Immer do wine a decade ago.

With this lively and authoritative guide, Greene teaches listeners about whiskey and stimulates them to make their own evaluations. Peppered with wry anecdotes drawn from her unusual life-and including dishes for delicious cocktails by a few of today’s most celebrated mixologists-Whiskey Distilled will be enthusiastically greeted with the whiskey inquisitive aswell as by journeymen whiskey drinkers thirsty for more information about their cherished tipple.