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Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey
Author(s): Fred Minnick (Author)
- Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
- Publication Date: 15 Oct. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781612345642
- ISBN-13: 9781612345642
Book Description
After the owner of Laphroaig passed away, Williamson took over the prestigious company and became the American spokesperson for the entire Scotch whisky industry. Impressing clients and showing her passion as the Scotch Whisky Association’s trade ambassador, she soon gained fame within the industry, becoming known as the greatest female distiller.
Whiskey Women tells the tales of women who have created this industry, from Mesopotamia’s first beer brewers and distillers to America’s rough-and-tough bootleggers during Prohibition. Women have long distilled, marketed, and owned significant shares in spirits companies. Williamson’s story is one of many among the influential women who changed the Scotch whisky industry as well as influenced the American bourbon whiskey and Irish whiskey markets. Until now their stories have remained untold.
Whiskey Women has been named one of the best drink books of 2013 by Liquor.com.
For a deeper taste of the book read the entertaining essay by the author on “The Role of Women” in Whisky Magazine Issue 114 – http://www.whiskymag.com/magazine/issue114/12010736.html
Editorial Reviews
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‘In Whiskey Women, Minnick gets the research part right, then puts it in a book that’s well worth buying.’ ―
seriouseats.comAbout the Author
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