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30 Second Whisky: The 50 essential elements of producing and enjoying the world's whiskies by Charles MacLean
Category: Food and Drink | Series: 30 Second
The bestselling 30-Second| series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and on ...Show more
Famous for a ReasonThe Story of the Famous Grouse by Charles MacLean
Category: Beer, Wine & Spirits
From humble beginnings in Perth in the early nineteenth century Matthew Gloag established a thriving whisky business that found favour with the royal household and the Scottish public alike. The family business he established struck gold in 1896 when they created The Famous Grouse - a blended whisky tha ...Show more
Great Whiskies - 500 of the Best from Around the World by Charles MacLean
Category: Cook Books
Discover and explore every type of whisky, from the classic single and smooth blended malts of Scotland, to the lesser-known corn and rye whiskies appearing on the scene. Featuring 500 whiskies from 23 countries, Great Whiskiesis the perfect guide to today's global whisky market. Are you in search of t ...Show more
MacLean's Whiskypedia by Charles MacLean
Category: Food Cooking Wine
Individual distilleries give their whiskies unique characteristics. These characteristics do not arise magically (as was once thought), nor are they the result of terroir or region (as is still thought, by some). They have their roots in the craft and custom of the distillery and of the district in whic ...Show more
Maclean's Whiskypedia A Gazeteer of Scotch Whisky by Charles MacLean
Category: Food Cooking Wine
Why does Scotch whisky taste as it does? Where do the flavours come from? How might they have changed over the years? The flavour of Scotch whisky is as much influenced by history, craft and tradition as it is by science. Whiskypedia explores these influences. Introductory sections provide an historical ...Show more
Malt Whisky by Charles MacLean
Category: Food Cooking Wine
Malt whisky has captured the hearts of spirits drinkers worldwide, especially in recent years. This fully revised and updated edition of the award-winning Malt Whisky is now in a handy portable size, making it the perfect companion for touring Scotland's distilleries. First published in 1997, the book h ...Show more
Malt Whisky by Charles Maclean
Category: Food & Wine
First published in 1997, Malt Whisky has been published in six languages and continues to be a key reference on the subject of Scottish malt whisky. This edition is produced in a smaller format to allow the whisky enthusiast to carry it as a portable companion for reference when buying, tasting or visi ...Show more
Malt Whisky by Charles Maclean
Category: Food and Drink
First published in 1997, Malt Whisky has been published in six languages and continues to be a key reference on the subject of Scottish malt whisky. This brand new, fully revised edition is produced in a smaller format to allow the whisky enthusiast to carry it as a portable companion for reference when ...Show more
Spirit of Place - Scotland's Great Whisky Distilleries by Charles MacLean; Lara Platman (Photographer); Allan MacDonald (Photographer)
Category: Travel
This wide-ranging and evocative photographic portrait of Scotland's distilleries, from Talisker to Lagavulin, from Laphroaig to Dalwhinnie, from the Isle of Arran to Glenkinchie, describes the "cultural terroir" of the country's fifty greatest distilleries-the ingredients, practices, and traditions that ...Show more