The Monthly Mash: January 2020 Part II

Whiskey Master Class: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and More

Author: Lew Bryson

Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Release Date: Feb. 18

Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey—a longtime editor of Whisky Advocate, author of the definitive guide “Tasting Whiskey” and a contributor to Craft Spirits magazine. In this book, Bryson shares everything he’s learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more (yes, there are tasty Canadian and Irish whiskeys as well!). The book includes an overview of the different types of whiskeys, including the rules and identities of each. Bryson also includes information on craft whiskeys, which tend to be more creative and freewheeling than the styles made by traditional producers. The book also includes numerous interviews with master distillers, still makers and other artisans at the top of their field.

Author: Amy Zavatto

Publisher: Rockridge Press

For bourbon aficionados―or aspiring ones―this book is a guide to plenty of inventive and exciting ways to savor an American classic. From a traditional Old Fashioned to a Churchill Downs Crusta, explore 100 cocktails that incorporate flavors from a variety of bourbons, regions and time periods. From a solo nightcap, to pre-dinner drinks for two and cocktails for a crowd, readers will learn to whip up the perfect bourbon drink for every occasion. Taste trendy new flavors created exclusively for this book, and long-forgotten recipes from the Prohibition era.

ACSA extends a warm welcome to a few of our newest members:

Find out more about becoming a member here.

Osocalis Distillery (CA)

Old Trestle Distillery (CA)

Copperworks Distilling Company (WA)

Freeland Spirits (OR)

Ex Officio

[*Appointed by the Board of Directors]

New Liberty Distillery (PA)

ACSA PAC Chair

Steve Johnson*

Vermont Spirits Distilling Co. (VT)