Pocket Guide To Scotch Whisky

by Charles MacLean

First published in 1993, this is the fifth edition of the most invaluable, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to Scotland's vast range of whisky styles and distilleries. It's an essential reference for anyone interested in whisky, with an in-depth exploration of how this world-famous spirit is made and explanations of how the drink's character and style vary depending on where it is produced. Divided into two sections-one that covers malt whisky and the other blended varieties-the volume features easy-to-follow, A to Z listings detailing the whisky's place of origin, the distiller and owner, and the author's own style reference points. At the back are useful, practical notes about visiting distilleries and collecting whisky.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

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Charles MacLean is a writer whose special subject is Scotch whisky, about which he has published ten books to date, including the standard work on whisky brands, Scotch Whisky and the leading book on its subject, Malt Whisky, both of which were short-listed for Glenfiddich Awards.

Whisky: A Liquid History, published by Cassell in 2003 was named Wine and Spirit Book of the Year (2005) by the James Beard Foundation of New York. MacLean’s Whisky Miscellany followed in 2004, expanded in 2006 as Whisky Tales; in 2008 he was Managing Editor of Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness Companion to Whisky, and in 2009 their World Whiskies.Whiskypedia was published in June 2009.