Whiskey & philosophy : a small batch of spirited ideas /

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Start up the still / Fritz Allhoff and Marcus P. Adams
Scotch whisky : from origins to conglomerates / Andrew Jefford
Provenance and authenticity : the dual myths of Scotch / Ian Buxton
The heritage of Scotch whisky : from monks to surgeon barbers / David Wishart
Women, whiskey, and libationary liberation / Ada Brunstein
The Manhattan and you : thinking about a classic whiskey cocktail / Hans Allhoff
Whiskey, whisky, wild living, and the hedonistic paradox / Robert Arp
What to drink? Why we choose the bourbons we do / Mark H. Waymack
The phenomenology of spirits : how do whiskeys win prizes? / Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås
The ideal Scotch : lessons from Hegel / Thom Brooks
Where the fiddich meets the spey: my religious experience / Harvey Siegel
As a good bartender might : whiskey and natural kinds / Thomas W. Polger
Heisenberg's spirits : tasting is more uncertain than it seems / Jerry O. Dalton
bourbon, one Scotch, and one Buddhist theory of no-self / Steven F. Geisz
What do tasting notes tell us? / Ian J. Dove
The virtuous whisky drinker and living well / Richard Menary
Nasty tempers : does whiskey make people immoral? / Dave Monroe
Whisky and the wild : on preserving methods and distilleries / Jason Kawall
Peat and seaweed : the expressive character of Islay whiskies / Kevin W. Sweeney
Japanese whisky : "it's called Queen George, and it's more bitched up than its name" / Chris Bunting
Whisky and culture : from Islay to Speyside / Susie Pryor and Andrew Martin.