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(More customer reviews)Dr. Wishart, in Whiskey Classified, takes a research-based approach to the issue of single malt whisky grouping by flavor - rather than by Regions of Scotland. He accomplishes this by using a wide variety of expert whisky tasting notes and applying a scientific data classification model to those expert observations.
Single Malt Regional appellations are based more on ancient British excise tax laws than similarities in flavor and therefore do not properly characterize whisky. Dr. Wishart's approach groups whiskies by their body (light to full), sweetness (dry to sweet), peat, fruit and spice flavors.
This book will be very useful for the malt lover looking for particular style and flavor malt. I know it will help me, and perhaps others, avoid mistakes such as buying a Bunnahabhain because it says Islay on the label only to find it is more like a Southern Highland or Lowland style. Or conversely help one chose a perhaps not so well recognized Speyside Tomintoul as an apertif because it falls into a similar Wishart category as Southern Highland Glengoyne or Lowland Glenkinchie.
For me this work moves whisky tasting to the next level of informed knowledge. A must read for the single malt lover and a great addition to books by Michael Jackson, Helen Arthur, Charles MacLean, John Lamond & Robin Tucek, Phillip Hills and others already in their library.
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