Collins Pocket Reference – Whisky: A Guide to Over 200 Scotch and Irish Whiskies (Collins Pocket Reference S.)

by Carol P . Shaw (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.24

  The essential guide to anyone interested in the history of whiskey making, regional characteristics, label reading, and ways to improve the palate.The book also includes up-to-date listings off all distilleries that are open to visitors.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.24

  The bestselling essential guide to over 150 Scotch whiskies and the distilleries that produce them, now reissued in new flexibinding This Collins Gem is being reissued in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. The stylish new cover design will enliven this and 70 other bestselling Gems. This third edition of Collins Gem Whisky proves that whisky continues to attract many and interested followers, from those with experienced palates, who have very definite ideas on what they like and often are prepared to pay plenty to get it, to beginners, who possibly feel intimidated by the range and breadth of choice available and are unsure of where to start. * Entries for over 150 whiskies and the distilleries that produce them, complete with details of age, strength and taste rating and comment, plus histories and visitor arrangements * Information on single and vatted malts, grain and de luxe whiskies, and the most popular blends * Sections on the history of Scotch Whisky-making, how Scotch whisky is made, its regional characteristics, reading whisky labels and how to develop the palate