The Malt Whisky File : The Essential Guide for the Connoisseur of Malt Whisky and Their Destilleries

Tucek, Robin, Lamond, John

ISBN 10: 1847670059 / ISBN 13: 9781847670052

Published by Canongate Books, 2007

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Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Malt Whisky File : The Essential Guide for the Connoisseur of Malt Whisky and Their Destilleries
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847670059
• ISBN 13: 9781847670052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Revised.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.102 pounds

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Synopsis

From Islay to Orkney, from Scotland to Ireland, and from Japan to New Zealand, this fully revised fourth edition incorporates a unique and helpful rating system for each malt's sweetness, peatiness and availability and a new guide to cost, as well as sections on 'historical' whiskies and on regionalisation. With more tasting notes and information than any comparable manual, this is a must-have for whisky lovers and novices alike.

From the Back Cover

For all those who appreciate fine spirits, The Malt Whisky File is the most complete reference available to the whiskies of the world, including those from the distilleries of New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, and, of course, Scotland.Offering a label-by-label analysis of each whisky, John Lamond and Robin Tucek offer helpful tasting notes, a history of each brand, and a rating based upon a proprietary scale of sweetness, peatiness, and availability (based on each label's total production). (5 x 8 1/4, 244 pages, color photos, maps)