An excellent book for the whisky enthusiast illustrated with around 175 colour illustrations of distilleries old and new and of the processes involved in the manufacture of Scotland's biggest single export. Here are postcards and beautifully graphic designed posters, old maltings and kiln buildings, glorious labels and advertising and such delightful names of the most successful single malt Scotch whiskies notably The Macallan, Glen Morangie, Cardhu, Glen Grant, Lagavulin, The Glenlivet, Highland Park and Glenfiddich. The largest key player in the business is Diageo PLC which owns 28 distilleries and international brand names which have stood the test of time like Johnnie Walker, Dewar's, Teacher's, White Horse, Black & White, J & B Rare and Haig. Covering the making, whisky regions, the uneasy history, the distilleries 1775 to the present day, and the business into the 21st century and an index of surviving distilleries, this history tells us that over 700 distilleries have been legally registered to make single malt scotch whisky and of those there are 100 in production today. Blighted by punitive taxation, war, poor harvest, prohibition, the temperance movement, corruption, recession, takeovers and mergers as well as the inevitable interference of the company accountant, those that have survived each has a unique tale to tell. From Glenturret to Daft Mill, the history of every surviving distillery is told in this magnificent book. 120 pages in large softback, colour images throughout.
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