Whisky Classified: Choosing Single Malts by Flavor [Anglais] [Relié]

Fascination with the world of single-malt Scotch whiskies continues to burgeon. In Whisky Classified, David Wishart proposes a limited vocabulary of some 12 terms to describe the unique characteristics of single malts. These terms show up in each whisky's profile to provide consistent classifications for each of them. This tabulated data provide the connoisseur with guidance in selecting a whisky by comparing a favorite's profile with the profile of an unknown. Each distillery's product also gets an entry covering its history and a longer, more vivid prose description of the whisky's flavor merits. Mark Knoblauch
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Never before has the consumer been offered such a rational and impartial description of single malt whiskies. Using a new profiling system based on whisky’s 12 dimensions of taste, this is a rigorously researched, one–of–a kind guide to choosing single malts by flavor.

In Whisky Classified, expert David Wishart excludes the confusing jargon often used to describe malts and replaces it with an objective, easily applied guide to taste. He presents the reader with a new flavor classification system—the result of many distillery visits, whisky tastings, and discussions with industry experts. The profile identifies 12 dimensions to the taste of a single malt whisky: body, sweetness, smoky, medicinal, tobacco, honey, spicy, winey, nutty, malty, fruity, floral. These dimensions incorporate, in an easy manner, over 400 commonly used terms to describe malt whisky. This handy, fully illustrated guide also provides a comprehensive survey of 85 Scottish distilleries, with a history and description of each distillery, as well as tasting notes, visitor information, regional maps, and a profile of the whisky according to the new classification. David Wishart has a PhD in classification methodology and is a Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.