Jim Murray (Author)

Jim Murray (born November 13, 1957 in Merstham , Surrey ) is a British journalist , expert on whiskey and specialist book author. His work Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible evaluates around 4000 whiskeys and appears annually.

Life

As a teenager, he had his own TV show Murray on Monday and wrote a book on sports journalism Millwall: Lions of the South . He was a journalist for The Daily Star and The Sunday People before writing books on whiskey professionally. He was a member of the jury and board member of the International Wine and Spirit Competition . He lives in Frankfort, Kentucky .

He was the first distillery to visit Talisker in 1975 . Since then he has visited almost every distillery in the world. In 1994 he published his first book, Jim Murray's Irish Whiskey Almanac . This book was reprinted in 1997 under the title Classic Irish Whiskey .

The Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible is a permanent project. A new edition appears every year with new distilleries and whiskeys. The maximum possible number of points is 100 points. The aroma ( smell ), taste , finish and balance are evaluated . Tasting notes are also stored.

He also created the Whiskey Tasting Guidelines , which explain how a whiskey can be tasted in the best possible way.

Works (selection)

• Murray, James (1988). Millwall: Lions of the South
• Murray, Jim (1994). Jim Murray's Irish Whiskey Almanac
• Murray, Jim (1997). The Complete Guide to Whiskey
• Murray, Jim (1997). Classic Irish whiskey
• Murray, Jim (1998). Classic Bourbon, Tennessee & Rye Whiskey
• Murray, Jim (1998). The Art of Whiskey ISBN 1-873162-67-7
• Murray, Jim (1999). Classic blended scotch
• Murray, Jim (2003). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2004 ISBN 1-84442-991-1
• Murray, Jim (2004). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2005 ISBN 1-84442-670-X
• Murray, Jim (2005). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2006 ISBN 1-84442-550-9
• Murray, Jim (2006). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2007 ISBN 978-0-9554729-0-9
• Murray, Jim (2007). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2008 ISBN 978-0-9554729-2-3
• Murray, Jim (2008). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2009 ISBN 978-0-9554729-3-0
• Murray, Jim (2009). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2010 ISBN 978-0-9554729-4-7
• Murray, Jim (2010). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2011 ISBN 978-0-9554729-5-4
• Murray, Jim (2011). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2012 ISBN 978-0-9554729-6-1
• Murray, Jim (2012). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2013 ISBN 978-0-9554729-7-8
• Murray, Jim (2013). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2014 ISBN 978-0-9554729-8-5
• Murray, Jim (2014). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2015 ISBN 978-0-9554729-9-2
• Murray, Jim (2015). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2016 ISBN 978-0-9932986-0-8
• Murray, Jim (2016). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2017 ISBN 978-0-9932986-1-5
• Murray, Jim (2017). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2018 ISBN 978-0-9932986-2-2
• Murray, Jim (2018). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2019 ISBN 978-0-9932986-3-9
• Murray, Jim (2019). Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2020 ISBN 978-0-9932986-4-6

Web links

• Jim Murray's homepage: Dram Good Books

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The World's Best Whiskey Isn't Made In Scotland . In: Forbes , November 4, 2014. 
2. ↑ Jim Murray short biography
3. ↑ The Odd Whiskey Coy - "So Right, Odd & Original" ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Drinks Media Wire - Alberta Premium Awarded World-Class Distinction
5. ↑ Whiskey Tasting Guidelines