Risen, Clay. Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland. First US edition. New York: Quercus, 2018. eISBN 978-1-68144-106-1.
The acknowledgments describe a core tasting panel meeting weekly in the publishers’ offices and contributions from novice-to-expert tasters. Merchants helped acquire bottles, and distilleries and their representatives supplied sample bottles. Eight core panel members are profiled.
Clay Risen, Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland (New York: Quercus, 2018), PDF screens 347–349 of the supplied 385-page PDF.
Clay Risen, Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland (New York: Quercus, 2018), PDF screens 347–349 of the supplied 385-page PDF.
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Risen, Single Malt, PDF screens 347–349.
Acknowledgments and core tasting panel
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Clay Risen, Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland (New York: Quercus, 2018), PDF screens 347–349 of the supplied 385-page PDF.
Concluding acknowledgments after the 332 tasting accounts; these disclose contributors and access rather than a formal sensory-study protocol.
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The acknowledgments describe a core tasting panel meeting weekly in the publishers’ offices and contributions from novice-to-expert tasters. Merchants helped acquire bottles, and distilleries and their representatives supplied sample bottles. Eight core panel members are profiled.
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