Let me be blunt and upfront by stating that the redeeming points of this book are the eye candy DK-patented images and the regional anecdotes pertaining to whiskey.
The book, amazingly (taking into consideration the contribution given by Michael Jackson) fails at achieving technical rigor; Case-in-point, the first thing one reads as soon as one turns the last indexed page: "Ale: Any beer that is black and bitter." This of course is an absolute monstrosity, especially considering it's located in the remissive index, which is supposed to serve as support for technical understanding. Theres other examples, albeit not as crass.
The book also indulges in romantic superstitious that even some contributors hint at being just that, unfounded snobbish supersticion. There's so much to write about in Zymurgy and Destilling that it's hard to believe that the authors failed at writting a book on whiskey without resorting to these types of superstitions.
Some technical topics are so rushed that the writting feels disjointed while other topics are crammed into a few paragraphs eventhough the concepts are pretty straight forward. I am a brewer with dozens of brewing books under my belt, and although not a whiskey buff theres very little techincal information that one gets out of the book.
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Let me be blunt and upfront by stating that the redeeming points of this book are the eye candy DK-patented images and the regional anecdotes pertaining to whiskey. The book, amazingly (taking into consideration the contribution given by Michael Jackson) fails at achieving technical rigor; Case-in-point, the first thing one reads as soon as one turns the last indexed page: "Ale: Any beer that is black and bitter." This of course is an absolute monstrosity, especially considering it's located in the remissive index, which is supposed to serve as support for technical understanding. Theres other examples, albeit not as crass. The book also indulges in romantic superstitious that even some contributors hint at being just that, unfounded snobbish supersticion. There's so much to write about in Zymurgy and Destilling that it's hard to believe that the authors failed at writting a book on whiskey without resorting to these types of superstitions. Some technical topics are so rushed that the writting feels disjointed while other topics are crammed into a few paragraphs eventhough the concepts are pretty straight forward. I am a brewer with dozens of brewing books under my belt, and although not a whiskey buff theres very little techincal information that one gets out of the book.
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