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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Hacker, Richard Carleton, author.     Subjects     Liquors.     Alcoholic beverages.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hacker, Richard Carleton, author.       by title:      The connoisseur's gu...         MARC Display

The connoisseur's guide to worldwide spirits : selecting and savoring whiskey, vodka, scotch, rum, tequila-- and everything else / Richard Carleton Hacker. by Hacker, Richard Carleton, author. New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2018] Subjects Liquors.   Alcoholic beverages. ISBN:  9781510707160 (hardcover) 1510707166 (hardcover) Description:  [xi], 210 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm Contents:  How to taste spirits like a pro -- Apéritifs: a prelude to the evening -- Vodka: they're not all the same -- Gin is in -- Single malt scotch: "the water of life" -- Scotch: the best of blends -- Ah, those Irish eyes -- Japanese whiskies: don't call them "scotch" -- Other single malts -- The transparencies of grain whisk(e)y -- Moonshine: America's original craft spirit -- Bourbon: the spirit of America -- Tennessee whisky: it's not a bourbon -- Rye whiskey rides again -- Canadian whisky -- Brandy and cognac: alike, yet different -- Rum: no longer just for pirates -- Tequila! --- Mezcal: beyond tequila -- Not just any port -- The subtle elegance of Armagnac -- Liqueurs: not liquors -- Grappa: the Italian digestif -- Absinthe: the return of the green fairy -- Cachaça: Brazil's liquid samba -- Pisco: an acquired taste -- Shochu: the secret of the Orient -- Baijiu: hidden behind China's Great Wall -- Better bitters for your bar -- Cocktails: straight up or on the rocks -- Stocking your bar -- Collectible spirits: past and present -- SpiritsSpeak: a dictionary of terms. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Everyone thinks that they know how to drink, but do you really know the difference between a scotch and a whiskey? How about a gin or vodka martini? Do you know whether Johnny Walker is a single malt or a scotch? Well now is the time to finally learn the definitive answers to these questions, and so many more that you've always had about your favorite drinks. In [this book], world-class connoisseur and celebrated critic Richard Carleton Hacker provides you with all the information that you'll ever need to properly enjoy and imbibe very type of spirit, and to start drinking alcohol the right way. After reading this definitive guide, you'll be able to: Taste the subtle distinctions between different types of spirits; Learn they difference between varieties of the most popular kinds of cocktails; Recite how many popular spirits are made, distilled, and crafted; How to properly "nose" spirits; The correct containers from which each spirit would be sipped. And so much more!"--From flyleaf.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 641.21 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 641.21 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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