A Dark History of Whisky

Gary Dobbs

• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781399034081
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Art

Explores the darker, untold history of whisky, blending tales of cannibals, ghosts, and intrigue. The book you hold in your hands is not a standard whisky book. Of course, it does contain information that can be found in countless other books on the subject, such as tasting notes, distillery histories and the general development of the golden liquid we all adore. A whisky book that did not contain such information would be odd indeed, but the emphasis in the following narrative is very much on the darker history of the drink. Whisky noir, if you please. Within these pages can be found cannibals, ghouls and ghosts - unlikely tales that all have one thing in common; whisky. Not just whisky, though, for we are delving deep into the amber gold and turning over a history that has never been told. Until now. Interspersed with whisky quotes, some well-known, other's more obscure, with this book to hand the reader will never be without an interesting snippet of conversation when sharing a whisky with friends.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Distillation and the Birth of Modern Whisky
• Chapter 2: By the Light of the Silvery Moon
• Chapter 3: Trouble on the Emerald Isle
• Chapter 4: A Whisky Mixer
• Chapter 5: The American Experience
• Chapter 6: Old Glory, Independence and Whiskey
• Chapter 7: The Birth of Bourbon
• Chapter 8: Whisky in Pop Culture
• Chapter 9: Prohibition and the Rise of the American Gangster
• Chapter 10: The Wide World of Whisky
• Chapter 11: How Whisky is Made
• Chapter 12: A Double Whisky Mixer
• Chapter 13: How to Taste Whisky
• Chapter 14: Let’s Taste Whisky and Throw in Some Mixers
• Glossary
• Suggested Reading