Best All-Time Booze Book, Eater.com2013 GOLD Winner for Women Studies, ForeWord Reviews 2014 Silver, Independent Publisher Award in Women's Issues Finalist, Spirited Awards Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth “Bessie” Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphroaig Distillery on the Scottish island Islay. Williamson quickly found herself joining the boys in the tasting room, studying the distillation process, and winning them over with her knowledge of Scottish whisky. After the owner of Laphroaig passed away, Williamson took over the…mehr
Best All-Time Booze Book, Eater.com2013 GOLD Winner for Women Studies, ForeWord Reviews 2014 Silver, Independent Publisher Award in Women's Issues Finalist, Spirited Awards Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth “Bessie” Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphroaig Distillery on the Scottish island Islay. Williamson quickly found herself joining the boys in the tasting room, studying the distillation process, and winning them over with her knowledge of Scottish whisky. After the owner of Laphroaig passed away, Williamson took over the prestigious company and became the spokesperson in America for the entire Scotch whisky industry. Impressing clients and showing her passion as the Scotch Whisky Association’s trade ambassador, she soon gained fame within the industry. Whiskey Women tells the tales of women who have created this industry, from Mesopotamia’s first beer brewers and distillers to America’s rough-and-tough bootleggers during Prohibition. Women have long distilled, marketed, and owned significant shares in spirits companies, including Bushmills, Johnnie Walker, and Maker’s Mark. Williamson’s story is one of many among the influential women who greatly influenced Scotch, bourbon, and Irish whiskey. Until now their stories have remained untold.
Wall Street Journal best-selling author Fred Minnick, once an army journalist in Iraq, writes the award-winning American Whiskey column for Tasting Panel Magazine and Toasting the Hunt column for Covey Rise. A regular contributor to Caviar Affair, Costco Connection, Whisky Magazine, and Whisky Advocate, Minnick has written widely about the spirits industry, traveling around the world covering everything from Limoncello in Sorrento, Italy, to Malbec wine in Mendoza, Argentina. Minnick is a member of the Author’s Guild and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Meridith May, publisher of Tasting Panel, calls Minnick “one of the best whiskey storytellers in the business.”
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A Note to Readers Introduction 1. Before Whiskey 2. The First Distillations 3. Tough Irish Women 4. Early Scotch Whisky Women 5. Early American Women 6. The Targeted and Early Marketers 7. Temperance Women 8. Women Moonshiners and Bootleggers in Prohibition 9. Repeal Women Saving Whiskey 10. The Post-Prohibition Legal Battles 11. Post-Prohibition Women Bootleggers 12. Whiskey's Progressive Side 13. The Lady of Laphroaig 14. Modern Women 15. Organizing the Whiskey Effort 16. For Women, by Women Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
A Note to Readers Introduction 1. Before Whiskey 2. The First Distillations 3. Tough Irish Women 4. Early Scotch Whisky Women 5. Early American Women 6. The Targeted and Early Marketers 7. Temperance Women 8. Women Moonshiners and Bootleggers in Prohibition 9. Repeal Women Saving Whiskey 10. The Post-Prohibition Legal Battles 11. Post-Prohibition Women Bootleggers 12. Whiskey's Progressive Side 13. The Lady of Laphroaig 14. Modern Women 15. Organizing the Whiskey Effort 16. For Women, by Women Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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