What connects Samuel Maverick, Mary Dowling, Cornelis Melyn, and Burebista to whisky? Which distillery was the birthplace of the IRA’s rebellion? Why should you not mix up bottled-in-bond with bottle-in-box? Which dynamic distillery proudly claims, “If it gets someone drunk, we’ll make it” as their team motto? What led to the murder of skilled distiller William Johnston by the enchanting Lou Parris? Which whisky was packaged in a tin can that needed to be opened like sardines, using a key? And exactly how much whisky is in a ‘tot’ and a ‘sniffer’? If these questions have piqued your curiosity, the answers (and many more) await you in this book’s 63 1\/2 surprising and often humorous whisky anecdotes. The author, drawing on his extensive experience as a travel and whisky journalist, shares these stories in his signature tongue-in-cheek style. Readers of his previous works will recognise the unpredictability of each story. This book pairs perfectly with a fine whisky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Surprising whisky anecdotes told with plenty of tongue in cheek humour. A treasure trove of whisky knowledge.
Intro
\n1. Barleycorn
\n2. Welsh whisky
\n3. What Is a Tot?
\n4. Cambus
\n5. Mount Vernon Distillery
\n6. Cornelis Melyn
\n7. Water
\n8. Boilermaker
\n9. Drinking Licence
\n10. Bottled in Bond
\n11. D of T
\n12. John Walker whisky
\n13. Christmas whisky
\n14. Bourbon
\n15. La Colonne Belge
\n16. Drinking whisky responsibly
\n17. Whisky time
\n18. Waterloo whisky
\n19. Nancy and the apple whisky
\n20. Shebeen
\n21. Kosher whisky
\n22. Mary Dowling
\n23. Bunnahabhain
\n24. The ‘Whisky Watch’
\n25. Playing with whisky
\n26. Uisge beatha
\n27. Knickerbocker whisky
\n28. Cashew ‘whisky’
\n29. Women’s protest and Burebista
\n30. Forget 1495! Whisky is older
\n31. Triple distillation
\n32. The I’m Alone incident
\n33. Black and White
\n34. Crown Royal Whisky
\n35. What is ‘The Whisky Case’
\n36. Aqua vitae
\n37. Peak whisky
\n38. Pompeying
\n39. Flee from Rangha
\n40. Gaelic whisky
\n41. The Coles Distillery
\n42. Kiwi-whisky
\n43. Bootleggers’ hooch
\n44. ABV
\n45. The whisky capsule storm
\n46. Woman + whisky
\n47. De Frongoch Distillery
\n48. Enzyme
\n49. Whisky as a weapon
\n50. Aber Falls Distillery
\n51. Whisky, love and murder
\n52. Pot ale
\n53. White Dog
\n54. Tasting blind
\n55. Whisky (un)certainties
\n56. Samuel Maverick and the SMWS
\n57. Whisky Highball
\n58. Spirit safe
\n59. Wi’ usquabae, we’ll face the devil!
\n60. Slainte Mhath
\n61. Penderyn I, Penderyn II, Penderyn III
\n62. AI whisky
\n63. One for the road
\n63.5 Cheers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55273,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5752],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55272","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-food-drink","7":"author-by-author-fernand-dacquin","8":"publisher-lannoo-publishers","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n