The Bourbon Companion by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan
	(Hardback Out of Print) Used copies might be available from:	The Complete Guide to buying, tasting, and appreciating bourbon and Tennessee whiskey. Complete with an A to Z directory of bourbon and Tennessee whiskey distilleries, as well as ratings and tasting notes for over 100 different bottlings, this book also includes recipes, and the history behind the world's greatest bourbon-based cocktails.

Some of the reviews:

"The Regans. . .present extremely useful data about the resurgence in straight bourbon's popularity. . . . Most of the book contains descriptions of about 100 different bourbons, with full tasting notes and ratings for each. This reviewer dusted off old notes going back 15 years, and in general, would have to agree with the Regans' assessment for the 35 or so [I have] actually tasted and noted. . . . The remainder of the book has histories of techniques, some interesting photographs, a list of whiskey societies and newsletters, . . . a bibliography, a glossary of terms, and a name index."

--Dean Tudor, American Reference Books Annual

"Do you know the difference between bourbon and Tennessee whiskey? Can you list the basic flavor characteristics of a bourbon, and do you know where they came from? You'll know all these things after 10 minutes with this slim volume, and the cover alone will warm your throat. This book dedicated to bourbon makes you proud to be an American. It contains 40 pages of the history of the craft (more than I knew but not more than I wanted to know), and a guide to appreciating American whiskey. The rest of the book is devoted to listings and ratings of American whiskeys, which you have to love because they have names like 'Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon.' That makes you feel warm inside too, doesn't it? And as American as apple pie."

--The Austin Chronicle

"This is the indispensable guide to selecting and tasting the all-American product and I agree with most of [the Regans'] ratings and tasting notes on over 100 bourbons!"

--Wine Trader, Carson City, Nevada