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BOURBON 101

by Albert W. A. Schmid

2023, University Press of Kentucky, $27.95

Albert Schmid has a deep food and beverage background as a chef, culinary instructor, and author of several cookbooks and books about spirits. Here, he has combined his skills to write an excellent guide for the bourbon aficionado who aspires to deeper understanding and appreciation of the whiskey. Drink and learn at home with this book very much at your own pace.

Readers of a certain age, who remember the time before the internet, will recall the ‘correspondence courses’. Material arrived

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