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TP605.A45 2009 641.2'52—dc22 2009007425 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ffffiirrss..iinndddd iivv 88//1199//0099 1100::3377::4455 PPMM Contents Foreword by Charles MacLean ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Start Up the Still 1 Fritz Allhoff and Marcus P. Adams unit i The History and Culture of Whiskey 19 1 Scotch Whisky: From Origins to Conglomerates 21 Andrew Jefford 2 Provenance and Authenticity: The Dual Myths of Scotch 40 Ian Buxton 3 The Heritage of Scotch Whisky: From Monks to Surgeon Barbers 57 David Wishart 4 Women, Whiskey, and Libationary Liberation 72 Ada Brunstein 5 The Manhattan and You: Thinking about a Classic Whiskey Cocktail 90 Hans Allhoff v ffttoocc..iinndddd vv 88//1199//0099 1100::3388::5555 PPMM contents unit 11 The Beauty and Experience of Whiskey 107 6 Whiskey, Whisky, Wild Living, and the Hedonistic Paradox 109 Robert Arp 7 What to Drink? Why We Choose the Bourbons We Do 123 Mark H. Waymack 8 The Phenomenology of Spirits: How Do Whiskeys Win Prizes? 137 Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås 9 The Ideal Scotch: Lessons from Hegel 152 Thom Brooks 10 Where the Fiddich Meets the Spey: My Religious Experience 162 Harvey Siegel unit 111 The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Whiskey 177 11 As a Good Bartender Might: Whiskey and Natural Kinds 179 Thomas W. Polger 12 Heisenberg’s Spirits: Tasting Is More Uncertain Than It Seems 195 Jerry O. Dalton 13 One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Buddhist Theory of No-Self 208 Steven F. Geisz 14 What Do Tasting Notes Tell Us? 224 Ian J. Dove vvii ffttoocc..iinndddd vvii 88//1199//0099 1100::3388::5555 PPMM contents unit iv Ethics and Whiskey 241 15 The Virtuous Whisky Drinker and Living Well 243 Richard Menary 16 Nasty Tempers: Does Whiskey Make People Immoral? 256 Dave Monroe 17 Whisky and the Wild: On Preserving Methods and Distilleries 269 Jason Kawall unit v Whisky: A Sense of Place 285 18 Peat and Seaweed: The Expressive Character of Islay Whiskies 287 Kevin W. Sweeney 19 Japanese Whisky: “It’s Called Queen George, and It’s More Bitched Up Than Its Name” 302 Chris Bunting 20 Whisky and Culture: From Islay to Speyside 318 Susie Pryor and Andrew Martin Appendix A: Whiskey Tasting Notes 337 Appendix B: Our Favorite Whiskey Cocktails 343 Contributor Biographies 353 Index 361 vii ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 88//1199//0099 1100::3388::5555 PPMM ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiiiii 88//1199//0099 1100::3388::5566 PPMM
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