Scotch (Shire Library, 10)

Bruning, Ted

ISBN 10: 1784420573 / ISBN 13: 9781784420574

Published by Shire Publications, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scotch (Shire Library, 10)
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784420573
• ISBN 13: 9781784420574
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Scotland today has more than 100 distilleries ranging from vast factories to artisanal workshops, and more than half of them welcome tourists.Scotch whisky is the world's favourite spirit, with established European and North American sales being swelled by fast-growing markets in China, India, and Brazil. Once again new distilleries are being built in Scotland, and older ones that had been “mothballed” are being brought out of retirement.

Scotch outlines the history, heritage, and romance of the industry including the two-century conflict between illicit moonlighters and the Excisemen; the extraordinary boom in whisky production when phylloxera devastated the vineyards of France and created a shortage of Cognac; the challenges presented by two world wars, depression, and prohibition; and Scotch's resurgence after facing down world-wide competition from white spirits.The heritage, the craft-based production method, and the picturesque locations of many distilleries are a huge part of scotch whisky's appeal.

It also explains the production of grain whisky and the blending processes that give us our best-known brands, instructs in how to get the best out of expensive single malts, and guides readers as to sourcing unusual malts and visiting distilleries.It explains the raw materials – malted barley and water transformed by the degree of peatiness both in the maltings and the water – and the distillation and maturing processes, going into the sometimes minute variations in ingredients and equipment that give each malt whisky its unique character.

About the Author

Ted Bruning has been a journalist in the drinks industry/hospitality trade press for nearly 30 years. In that time he has written a dozen or so books on subjects ranging from historic pubs to setting up a microbrewery, and taking in the history of cider.