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 [...]

Charles Maclean's horror classic is finally back in print
Friday, rush hour. Martin Gregory just manages to catch the 4:48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday and he plans to devote the weekend to her and their beloved dogs. But when he rises in the morning, Martin does something so horrific[...]

A visual bible of over 700 whiskies from around the world - the classic malts of Scotland and Ireland, to the modern whiskies of Japan and India. Authoritative information, with stunning photography, detailed tasting notes and visual tours around the key regions and distilleries. The perfect Christm[...]

For more than 2000 years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Its society was viable, even Utopian; but in the nineteenth century the island was discovered by missionaries, and tourists, who brought money and despotism. St Kildan culture gradually disintegrated and in 1930 the few [...]

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 [...]

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough." - Mark Twain

Whisky en dryck som förbättras av att vila. Upptäck dess härliga djup, mångfald och komplexitet, och smaka på klassikerna och spännande nya sorter med hjälp[...]