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Feb 24, 2024 | malt-review.com | Jacob Kiper

Greetings from your resident booze bibliophile. America is rich with distilling tradition, but that story usually gets told through the lens of Kentucky and Tennessee. While it’s true that Kentucky and Tennessee have most of the lore, other regions of America have a rich history as well. I always find it fascinating to get more of the full picture by learning about other regions of the country, such as the Pacific Northwest.

Jan 22, 2024 | malt-review.com | Jacob Kiper

Greetings from your resident booze bibliophile!In my quest for knowledge, I’ve read an ungodly number of books on American whiskey and beverage alcohol history. It’s fair to say that almost of all of the whiskey history books focus overwhelmingly on Kentucky bourbon. Kentucky bourbon is certainly iconic, but a whiskey from Tennessee is currently the top-selling American whiskey on the world stage.

Dec 1, 2023 | malt-review.com | Sam Green

If someone says to you “I’m drinking Scotch made on an island,” your first guess for its provenance would probably be an Islay distillery. Yes, Islay is best known for its briny, iodine heavy, burnt rubber-smelling, peated Scotches. But it’s also not the only Island that is home to Scotch whisky distilleries. There are many amazing Scotch brands made on islands, including Lochranza distillery where Arran is made, the eponymous Isle of Jura, and Highland Park from Orkney.

Nov 10, 2023 | malt-review.com | Jacob Kiper

Greetings from your resident booze bibliophile. I regret to inform you that I don’t have any Blanton’s in the back, but can I interest you in a book about Blanton’s? “Warehouse H: The Story of Blanton’s Bourbon: America’s Most Influential Whiskey” by Dominic Guglielmi just hit the market.

Nov 3, 2023 | malt-review.com | Jacob Kiper

Greetings from your resident booze bibliophile. I love spirits of all sorts and books about spirits of all sorts. My drive to learn all that I can about the beverage alcohol industry and its history has led me to complete over 450 books on the topic. Most of my focus has been on the American beverage alcohol industry; I’ve admittedly not done much book diving on world whiskies that involve peat. My knowledge of peated whisky is far less than my knowledge of bourbon and rye.