The Way of Whisky - A Journey Around Japanese Whisky - E-book - ePub

Biographie de Dave Broom

Dave Broom has written 13 books, including The World Atlas of Whisky, now in its second edition with a third edition underway. He has won many awards, including four Glenfiddich prizes and, in 2013, he won the prestigious IWSC Communicator of the Year Award. In 2015, he won The Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits writer, in 2018, an André Simon prize, and in 2020, a Fortnum & Mason award for Drinks Writer of the Year.
He has been a contributing editor to Whisky Magazine, scotchwhisky, com and Malt Advocate. In 2020 he started his own website thewhiskymanual.uk. Dave has made two films, Cuba In A Bottle and The Amber Light. The latter, an examination on whisky and Scottish culture, won Best Programme at the 2020 Fortnum & Mason awards. Over his three-plus decades in the field, Dave has built up a considerable international following with regular training/educational visits to Japan, France, Holland, Scandinavia, Germany, Africa and North America.
He is actively involved in whisky education and also acts as a consultant to major distillers on tasting techniques as well as training professionals and the public. Dave has also worked with Suntory in developing a language of tasting that communicates Japanese concepts to English speaking audiences. Dave's previous books include Whisky: The Manual, Gin: The Manual, Rum: The Manual, The Way of Whisky and A Sense of Place.