Every year since 2003, whisky writer and critic Jim Murray releases his self-published annual Whisky Bible, and his top choices for the 2021 edition have just been announced. For example, when he picked a Japanese whisky in 2015 and a cheap Canadian rye whisky in 2016 he managed to create something approaching genuine controversy, at least within the whisky world. His use of the term ‘best whisky in the world/best scotch/best XX’ in every edition of his book annoys some whisky fans, as the subjective judgement of one person, no matter how qualified he or she is, does not translate to the objective reality of what the ‘best’ whisky should be. He has said that eating a bad salad once stopped him from tasting whisky for a month. So where should a new whisky fan go to see scores and find out more about whisky, if not to Murray’s bible?

Source: Forbes September 20, 2020 12:45 UTC