- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Dram Good Books Ltd; 7th Revised edition edition (5 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955472946
- ISBN-13: 978-0955472947
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 9.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jim Murray is to whisky writing what Brian Clough was to football. You either love him or hate him. His arrogance, confidence and brash, opinionated delivery either grate and anger you, or you buy in to the fact that he is immensely talented, a class above his peers, and impressively honest about everything,including himself. Murray's Whisky Bible is full of subjective, personalised views, but when you've travelled the world and visited pretty much every distillery on the planet, you have a right to call rank. How can anyone not call his new Bible thorough? New whiskies are released weekly, and to be within months of being up to date is all but impossible. And yet Murray has whiskies in his new Bible only released in September. Amazing. More to the point, though, Murray works alone and writes new copy every year for at least 750 and possibly more than 1000 whiskies. Compare that with the lazy regurgitation of distllery facts and figures in most whisky books (with the notable exception of The Malt Yearbook from Magdig) and Murray is in a class of his own. The new Bible is his best yet. I'm bored with bland. I'm bored with James Blunt. Or Coldplay. Or Leona Lewis.
Give me McEnroe. Give me Axl Rose.Give me the Beast of Bolsover. Give me Clough.
Give me Jim Murray. This is the best new whisky book of 2009 by far.
Give me McEnroe. Give me Axl Rose.Give me the Beast of Bolsover. Give me Clough.
Give me Jim Murray. This is the best new whisky book of 2009 by far.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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If you enjoy whisky then this book (which is updated annually), is a must if you are planning on some retail therapy.
On the whole Jim's assessment of each whisky tasted is spot on and I have yet to be dissapointed with any purchase I've made that was based on his scoring system.
My one crticism, is that you will find duplicate entries for one or two whiskies (Aberfeldy being an example) where everything is the same except the score and with no note as to how the samples differed from each other in terms of the year of bottling etc.
Despite this an unpretentious book that is well worth getting.
On the whole Jim's assessment of each whisky tasted is spot on and I have yet to be dissapointed with any purchase I've made that was based on his scoring system.
My one crticism, is that you will find duplicate entries for one or two whiskies (Aberfeldy being an example) where everything is the same except the score and with no note as to how the samples differed from each other in terms of the year of bottling etc.
Despite this an unpretentious book that is well worth getting.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I don't know what is more fun about this book, reading the reviews or sampling the reviewed. Apart from being an expert in his field and providing us with an "interesting" methods to assess a whisky by scoring them on Nose, Taste,Finish and Balance, its his actually descriptions of the whiskys which are fun to read. Inevitably its the poor whiskys that receive the sharp end of his sartorial, and sometimes vulgar wit. I'll give you some examples:
"The aroma gleefully strips all living flesh-and hair-from your nostrils". And of the same distiller " remind me never to wallpaper a room when I have a bottle of this with me. A momentary lapse of concentration could be disastrous for my insides.."
On whiskys he does enthuse on,and they are the majority his prose verges on the border between poetic, suggestive in "oooh er sounds rude" variety to downright crude.For example on one rare Scotch malt he writes " voluptuous body at times silky but the grains offer enough jagged edges for a degree of bite and bourbon". And commenting on a particularly favoured blend he says " You cannot but like it in the same way as you may occasionally like rough sex. But if you are looking for a delicate dram to gently kiss and caress you fever'd brow, then leave well alone".
Murphy is no snob when it comes been pure malts and blends and gives less quarter to bad, and often very expensive pure malts asthe above quotes show. He is also not at all partisan about nationality and is as likely to give a high rating to less traditional Japanese or German whiskys as he would to Scotch,Irish and American whisk(e)y.
My only criticism is that for reasons of economy the typeset is incredibly small and therefore not to be read after supping a few.
"The aroma gleefully strips all living flesh-and hair-from your nostrils". And of the same distiller " remind me never to wallpaper a room when I have a bottle of this with me. A momentary lapse of concentration could be disastrous for my insides.."
On whiskys he does enthuse on,and they are the majority his prose verges on the border between poetic, suggestive in "oooh er sounds rude" variety to downright crude.For example on one rare Scotch malt he writes " voluptuous body at times silky but the grains offer enough jagged edges for a degree of bite and bourbon". And commenting on a particularly favoured blend he says " You cannot but like it in the same way as you may occasionally like rough sex. But if you are looking for a delicate dram to gently kiss and caress you fever'd brow, then leave well alone".
Murphy is no snob when it comes been pure malts and blends and gives less quarter to bad, and often very expensive pure malts asthe above quotes show. He is also not at all partisan about nationality and is as likely to give a high rating to less traditional Japanese or German whiskys as he would to Scotch,Irish and American whisk(e)y.
My only criticism is that for reasons of economy the typeset is incredibly small and therefore not to be read after supping a few.
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Handy book
A great book, however it is just the authors review - more a whisky buyers guide!
I bought 'Malt Whisky Companion' by Michael Jackson which is more what i was looking for.
I bought 'Malt Whisky Companion' by Michael Jackson which is more what i was looking for.
Published 21 months ago by Louis
Written in fine spirit!
Whisky in its many forms seems to be growing in popularity. The range of expressions of this fine spirit can be baffling to even the most devout whisky drinker. Read more
Published 24 months ago by SCM
Let it guide your whisky choice the safe way
When you get it you actually enjoy the best guidance from a connaisseur; easy to consult .
Published on 9 May 2010 by C. P. Hallez
In response to D. Lilley's review
Although I agree with some points I feel I must point out that the scoring system is perfectly adequate. Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by A. Thomson
Horrifically flawed points scoring
The book in itself is quite good. It's as comprehensive a guide as you'd likely find or need. It's well laid out and portable which is useful when buying whisky. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by D. Lilley
Jim Murray's Whisky bible
Very good book, describes the best whiskey correctly !
Although I would have wanted them to be devided as "best smokey whiskeys, best peaty whiskey, etc"
Nonetheless it's... Read more
Although I would have wanted them to be devided as "best smokey whiskeys, best peaty whiskey, etc"
Nonetheless it's... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Peter Schelfhout
Usefull reference
This book is great for referencing. I bought the first edition in 2001 (which was a lot thinner) and have to say that Jim hasn't been idle in the years that passed. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by H. G. Greeven
whisky enthusiasts technical essentials
starting with the original hardback version,you could not do better than invest in the regular update each year- it contains a better appraisal of the world`s distillations than... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by Mr. I. B. G. Hackman
If you want portable this is it
The book was fantastic just what I was looking for informative and easy to slip into my pocket.
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by D. English
Whisky Bible
I bought this as xmas present for my dadf who is collecting malts. He is very impressed with the book, albeit 1 mans opinion. He thinks it is very informative
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Robert Chambers
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