---

A clever distillation of America´s favorite libation, by the New York Times best-selling authors of The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert Whiskey fever is sweeping the nation. Every day, craft distilleries are popping up in remote counties and urban centers, offering a wealth of great choices to consumers-and just as many puzzlements. Does the introduction of a simple "e" to go from whisky to whiskey mean anything? What´s the difference between Scotch and Rye? What´s Canadian whisky anyway? And what about the whiskeys of Scotland, Japan, and Ireland? Where´s a humble Joe to start? In this witty kid-style book on an adult topic, Richard Betts boils down his know-how into twenty pages, cooling our "brown-sweat" anxieties and dividing whiskey into three simple categories: Grain, Wood, and Place. While most whiskey tomes are about as fun as a chemistry lesson, Betts makes the learning slide down easy, reassuring us that this exalted spirit is just distilled beer and, through a nasal romp, helping us figure out which kinds we love best. Humorous illustrations and scratch-and-sniff scents (vanilla, sandalwood, grass, and more) help would-be connoisseurs learn their personal preferences. Language label and Map to Your Desires included.

---

"These scratch-and-sniff booze books boil a couple lifetimes´ worth of study down to 24 pages...then make them smell good. Genius!" - Tim Ferriss, author, The 4-Hour Workweek "My wife is Scottish, so I needed to learn about whiskey - and this was the way!" - Sir Richard Branson, legendary entrepreneur and founder, Virgin Group "This is really the ultimate ´hack´ on whiskey. I learned why I should try Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt faster than Google Maps could teach me where the Glorioso Islands are." - Edward Norton, Oscar-nominated actor

---

RICHARD BETTS, featured in the New York Times and Food & Wine , is the founder of Betts & Scholl, Scarpetta, Sombra Mezcal, and Tequila Astral. CRYSTAL ENGLISH SACCA is an award-winning advertising art director. WENDY MacNAUGHTON´s work has appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal .

---