About the Author

Dave Broom is an award-winning author specialising in spirits. He has been writing about drinks for more than 25 years and has twice won a Glenfiddich Award for Drinks Book of the Year and for Drinks Writer of the Year. In 2013 he won the prestigious IWSC Communicator of the Year award and in 2015 Tales of the Cocktail awarded him with the Best Cocktail & Spirits, soon to be followed by the Golden Spirit Award in 2016. Dave is editor-in-chief of Whisky Magazine: Japan, consultant editor to Whisky Magazine (UK, USA, France, Spain) and a lead columnist on Whisky Advocate (USA). He also contributes to a raft of national and international magazines and is actively involved in spirits education and training globally.