Whiskey & philosophy : a small batch of spirited ideas /
Allhoff, Fritz.
Adams, Marcus P.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Start up the still / Fritz Allhoff and Marcus P. Adams -- Scotch whisky : from origins to conglomerates / Andrew Jefford -- Provenance and authenticity : the dual myths of Scotch / Ian Buxton -- The heritage of Scotch whisky : from monks to surgeon barbers / David Wishart -- Women, whiskey, and libationary liberation / Ada Brunstein -- The Manhattan and you : thinking about a classic whiskey cocktail / Hans Allhoff -- Whiskey, whisky, wild living, and the hedonistic paradox / Robert Arp -- What to drink? Why we choose the bourbons we do / Mark H. Waymack -- The phenomenology of spirits : how do whiskeys win prizes? / Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås -- The ideal Scotch : lessons from Hegel / Thom Brooks -- Where the fiddich meets the spey: my religious experience / Harvey Siegel -- As a good bartender might : whiskey and natural kinds / Thomas W. Polger -- Heisenberg's spirits : tasting is more uncertain than it seems / Jerry O. Dalton -- bourbon, one Scotch, and one Buddhist theory of no-self / Steven F. Geisz -- What do tasting notes tell us? / Ian J. Dove -- The virtuous whisky drinker and living well / Richard Menary -- Nasty tempers : does whiskey make people immoral? / Dave Monroe -- Whisky and the wild : on preserving methods and distilleries / Jason Kawall -- Peat and seaweed : the expressive character of Islay whiskies / Kevin W. Sweeney -- Japanese whisky : "it's called Queen George, and it's more bitched up than its name" / Chris Bunting -- Whisky and culture : from Islay to Speyside / Susie Pryor and Andrew Martin.
Whiskey.