This the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched guide to the world’s whiskies ever produced. Honest, forthright and proudly independent, Jim Murray has, for this 20th anniversary edition, tasted and rated over 4,200 whiskies, shedding light on more than 1,500 Scottish single malts, nearly 400 blended Scotches and in excess of 1000 American whiskies. Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible provides an unrivalled and invaluable source of reference to the consumer, the whisky industry and the drinks trade alike. In terms of whisky, this is, and has been for the last 22 years, the gospel.

Thanks to industry guru Jim Murray and his internationally acclaimed annual Whisky Bible, the Japanese are now running out of their own single malt and people have fought in Toronto liquor stores to grab the last bottle of his World Whisky of the Year.

Rye, Irish Pot Still and Bourbon have all seen a massive resurgence in recent years not least thanks to the visionary campaigning of the world’s first-ever full time professional whisky writer.

Jim Murray has now tasted over 25,000 different whiskies for the Whisky Bible since it first hit the shelves in 2003.

The 4,200 whiskies included in this 2025-2026 edition range from Scottish Single malts to Australian; from Canadian to Austrian. The whiskies from over 30 different countries are included. And evaluated in his forthright, honest, amusing, fiercely independent and non-pretentious style.