Fernand Dacquin

The Whisky Book

Everything You Didn't Know about the Water of Life

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging look at the most interesting facts and surprising anecdotes from the world of whisky, the perfect addition to any collection of books on spirits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gingko Press / Lannoo
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 183mm x 138mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9789401479585
• ISBN-10: 9401479585
• Artikelnr.: 62800161

Autorenporträt

Fernand Dacquin has traveled the world as a journalist, specializing in tourism and distillates. He’s visited Scotland, the birthplace of whisky, hundreds of times and drew inspiration from all these trips for articles on whisky in newspapers and magazines in Flanders and the Netherlands. In 2011, he became Keeper of the Quaich, which is usually reserved for people from the whisky industry itself. He is co-organizer of the International Malt Whisky Festival in Ghent and also took part in the festival in The Hague. In 2017, he was inducted into the Royal Celtic Society, founded by Sir Walter Scott in 1820, for his contribution to publicizing and spreading Scottish culture.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Whisky or whiskey? – What a mess 2 Lindores Abbey – Thanks to dear old
brother John Cor 3 Muckle Flugga – The whisky nabody knows 4 Du Kang – The
god of whisky (and the rest) 5 Thou demon drink – Poetry vs alcohol 6
Drambuie – Bonnie Prince Charlies’ whisky 7 ‘If by whiskey…’ – The famous
whiskey speech 8 Borvo – Gallic god of whiskey 9 Martin Martin – The father
of the first ‘tasting notes’ 10 Charles Doig – And ‘the coronet of the
distillery’ 11 Coburg 1830 – The ‘first’ Belgian whisky 12 W.C. Fields –
Drinking for joke 13 Biawa Makalunga – The ‘spirit’ of Rothes 14 Jessie
Cowan – The Scottish mother of Japanese whisky 15 David Lloyd George – The
man who changed whisky forever 16 Warehouse 6 – The smallest in the world?
17 Baudoinia Compniacensis – The whisky world full of mould 18 SS
Politician – A gift from the gods 19 Agoston Haraszthy – Beneficiary of the
Scottish whisky industry 20 Winston Churchill – Alcohol or not? 21
Archibald Haddock – No more alcohol for him 22 “Weel done Cutty Sark” –
Whisky and witches 23 Alfred Barnard – The very first whisky tourist 24 The
quaich – Cup of friendship 25 The Pattison Brothers – Whisky and parrots 26
Father Mathew – Whiskey hater, whiskey killer 27 Robert Bentley Todd –
‘Father’ of the Hot Toddy 28 Ralph Steadman – Still Life with Bottle 29
Charles II of Navarre – Aqua vitae as a last remedy 30 Lagganmore
Distillery – Romantic, fake whisky 31 Whisky and records – The more the
better 32 Carry Amelia Moore – “All nations welcome, but Carry!” 33 The
Monarch of the Glen – Whisky saves art 34 The Keepers of the Quaich –
‘Water of life forever’ 35 The Atlantic Challenge – Talisker Whisky rules
the waves 36 Whisky? – For men only! 37 France’s treasured whisky –
Liberté, égalité, Tullamore DEW 38 Thanks to Cassis de Dijon – Europe sets
the record straight 39 The shooglebox – Essential tool 40 The Highland Line
– Not always very clear 41 Light whiskey? – OMG! 42 Bakery Hill Distillery
– Australia’s ‘last’ and ‘first’ distillery 43 The man with the red socks –
and Australian whisky 44 Taiwan – Strong riser 45 63.4 = 111 – The
mysterious number 46 Japanese nude – Japanese standards 47 Sherry butts – A
Spanish fairy tale? 48 Devil’s share – The angels miss out 49 Aircraft
tasting – Stay on the ground 50 Single malt, pure malt – Vatted malt,
blended malt, blended whisky 51 1494 – Was James IV an alcoholic? 52 The
9.09% rule – Canadian whisky 53 Teapot whisky – … for a rainy day 54 Elijah
Craig – Father of the charred casks 55 Jameson Whiskey – Irish whiskey? 56
Von Liebig versus Pasteur – The secret of fermenting 57 Excisemen – The man
with the second key 58 Maillard reaction – Delicious but mysterious 59 The
Maker’s Mark case – You spoke. We listened! 60 Ah, those Scots! – Never
satisfied 61 Towser and Shortie – Hardworking four-legged friends 62 Shaken
or stirred? – Ask James 63 Tongue twisters – Gaelic for beginners 64
Campbeltown – Whisky capital of the world 65 Zero point zero zero zero
zero… – Caramel and whisky 66 Holy water – Three drops is enough 67 Hide a
case – Playing hide and seek 68 Tennessee whiskey – The Lincoln County
process 69 Bottle decomposition – Nice little fragment 70 The battle of the
crows – Not every crow is an old crow 71 Gan bei – And see what happens 72
Ernest Shackleton – Whisky and ice 73 The Queen and her units – 14 or 21 or
56? 74 Royal whisky – The Purveyors to the Royal Household 75 The royal
crash – Good news for Laphroaig 76 The water of life – Aqua vitae is good
for you 77 The seven-drops principle – What we all throw away! 78 Keep
walking … – Left? Or right? 79 Glencairn glass – Not all glasses are
created equal 80 Loch Ewe Distillery – Scotland’s smallest distillery 81
Mekhong Whisky – The pride of every Thai 82 Glenmorangie helps – Forget the
emergency number 83 Macallan’s secret room – The sound of bottles 84 Fake
whiskies – No one is safe 85 Copper beauty – Scratches and dents included
86 11.11.11 – First drop of Japanese whisky 87 Paul the Apostle – ‘Stop
drinking water…’ 88 Dufftown – Whisky capital of the world 89 Whisky, a
man’s world? – The lady of the house speaking 90 Diet whisky – Don’t worry
about Weight Watchers! Drink! 91 Whisky mathematics – To lose count 92
Cricket and whisky – And a South African girl 93 Faraday Still – All-in-one
94 Dr. Jim Swan – The Einstein of whisky 95 My property on Islay –
Wonderful investment 96 Dornoch Castle – Whisky castle hotel 97 Lomondian
confusion – Still x and still y 98 Ode to the nose – But don’t exaggerate
99 Per mil – To spit or not to spit 100 Tommermænd – No, nay, never no more
101 Bluff your way – Practice makes perfect Epilogue