The Bluffer's Guide to Whisky [Paperback]

David Milsted (Author)

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Paperback: 92 pages
Publisher: Oval Books; Revised edition edition (April 1 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1903096782
ISBN-13: 978-1903096789
Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 11.4 x 0.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 41 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,326,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jargon

Like all the best things, whiskey is a fairly simple business that can easily be made to sound exclusive and impressive by a judicious application of the arcane and by a liberal sprinkling of jargon. If you keep in mind that no two whiskies are alike, while bearing in mind that 99% of whiskey drinkers cannot tell the difference, you cannot go wrong.

Blends

You would be better advised to try cracking the formula of Coca-Cola than attempt to discover what has gone into a bottle of your usual brand of blended whiskey.

Distilleries

There are dozens of Speyside distilleries, mostly clustered about the line from Elgin to Dufftown. Be sure to quote the old Speyside jingle: “Rome was built on seven hills, Dufftown on seven stills.”

Irish

Irish whiskey tastes sweeter because no peat is used to kiln the malt; this is odd for a country that has virtually more bog per hectare than anywhere else on the planet.

Highland qualities

As one of the principal variables of whiskey, water should enable you to anatomize the contents of your glass in terms that leave the average wine enthusiast eating your dust. Enthuse about its unique “Highland qualities,” that is to say ready-infused with mystic trace elements of peat, granite, heather, midge, tweed, damp, and Roman Ninth legion.