Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2004 | First Edition | Jim Murray

Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2004 is the first edition of what became the internationally known annual Whisky Bible series. Published by Carlton Books in 2003 as the guide for 2004, it contains tasting notes, evaluations and scores for more than 2,000 whiskies from around the world.

Murray covers far more than Scotch single malt. The book also includes blended Scotch, grain whisky, Irish whiskey, bourbon, rye, Japanese, Canadian and Australian whisky, together with whiskies from a range of other producing countries.

Each whisky is individually tasted and evaluated in Murray’s distinctive and forthright style, with attention to aroma, flavour, finish and overall quality.

More than twenty years later, the book has become an interesting historical reference. It records the whisky market as it looked around 2003/2004, including many bottlings that have since disappeared, changed specification or become collectable themselves.

For collectors, its greatest importance is that Whisky Bible 2004 is the first edition in the series that continued annually in the years that followed.

It is therefore both a useful whisky reference and a fascinating snapshot of the international whisky world at the beginning of the 21st century.

Why buy this book?

• the first edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible;
• published in 2003 for the 2004 edition;
• more than 2,000 whiskies tasted and rated;
• worldwide whisky coverage;
• fascinating record of early-2000s bottlings;
• starting point of the famous annual Whisky Bible series;
• appealing to whisky enthusiasts and collectors.

Details
Author: Jim Murray
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Published: 2003
Edition year: 2004
Edition: First edition / first Whisky Bible
Format: Softcover
Pages: 256
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1-84442-991-1
ISBN-13: 9781844429912

Condition: Good condition. Light age- and use-related wear consistent with the age of the book. Contents clean and complete.