Whisky in 30 Sekunden: Die wichtigsten Daten und Fakten für Whiskyliebhaber

by Charles MacLean

The bestselling 30-Second… series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand.

Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. 30-Second Whisky uses this unique approach to demystify the subject for everyone. Compiled by whisky experts, not elites, this beginner’s guide serves up all you need to read the message in the bottle in 50 small nips--or rather, a mere 300 words and one picture.

Here’s how to enjoy whisky--or whiskey--from the single malts and blends of Scotland to the acclaimed Irish, North American, and Asian counterparts.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

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Charles MacLean is a writer whose special subject is Scotch whisky, about which he has published ten books to date, including the standard work on whisky brands, Scotch Whisky and the leading book on its subject, Malt Whisky, both of which were short-listed for Glenfiddich Awards.

Whisky: A Liquid History, published by Cassell in 2003 was named Wine and Spirit Book of the Year (2005) by the James Beard Foundation of New York. MacLean’s Whisky Miscellany followed in 2004, expanded in 2006 as Whisky Tales; in 2008 he was Managing Editor of Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness Companion to Whisky, and in 2009 their World Whiskies.Whiskypedia was published in June 2009.

Reviews

[Isabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Für Whiskyliebhaber bestimmt ein spannendes Buch. Seitdem ich in Schottland war, hat mich vor allem die Herstellung und die Geschichte von Whisky interessiert. Darauf hätte das Buch gerne noch genauer eingehen dürfen. Stattdessen verliert es sich manchmal zu sehr in der detaillierten Beschreibung einzelner Marken.

[Dokusha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kurz und knackig. Auf engem Raum viele Informationen rund um den Whisk(e)y in all seinen Facetten.
Allerdings sorgt eben diese Kompaktheit auch dafür, dass die Informationen oft oberflächlich bleiben und manchmal der Zusammenhang fehlt.
Eine gute Einführung, die aber zusätzlicher Lektüre bedarf, um vollständig zu sein.

[John Kaye · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quiet start to 2021's reading. The 30 Second books are very variable in quality within the tight Ivy Press format. In this volume, while the text is strong, with a very good roster of contributors, the illustrations on the right-hand page are bit too abstact (they are in other volumes, too, but here some clarity on processes would have been helpful). But overall, I came out better informed than when I started, which I suppose is a minimum requirement! But I'll need more spirit to continue my education…