Whisky Scholar
About the Substack
An education in the science, the history, and the culture of Scotch whisky. Written by an academic American millennial and fact-checked by an old-boy Scottish whisky maker.
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- Primers, Tasting Labs, and occasional other posts
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- Essays (Mondays: a long-form piece on one of the foundational topics), Scholarly Articles (Wednesdays: an in-depth article about the science and/or history of whisky)
- Over a Dram (Sundays: narrative articles about whisky and the wider universe)
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About Dr. Shelly Lorts
Cultural historian & writer