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PUBLISHER: Birlinn General
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781780274218
RRP: £9.99
PUBLICATION DATE:
October 6, 2016
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Whisky
Aneas MacDonald
Ian Buxton
This is in the opinion of many whisky writers and experts the finest whisky book ever written. It is certainly the first written from the point of view of the consumer and is thus hugely historically significant. But more than that, poetic and polemic in style and with its emphasis on the importance of single malt whisky and its concern to protect and inform the consumer, it remains fresh and relevant to the interests of today’s whisky drinker. It is a remarkably prophetic book, and with Ian Buxton’s shrewd commentary and analysis, combined for the first time with period illustrations, it is brought bang up to date for today’s generations of whisky aficionados.
Reviews of Whisky
'The finest whisky book ever' – Dave Broom 'If I could take only one whisky book to a desert island it would be Aeneas MacDonald's Whisky' – Charles MacLean 'This is a small volume but there are plenty who will love it. It is airy, witty, full of sound knowledge and practical wisdom' – The New York Times
Aneas MacDonald
Aeneas MacDonald was the pseudonym under which noted author and journalist George Malcolm Thomson OBE wrote his one legendary book on the subject of whisky. He was also one of the founders of Porpoise Press. He died in 1996. Ian Buxton has been working in and around the whisky industry for close to 30 years, but has been drinking professionally for a good deal longer. He began writing regularly for Whisky Magazine shortly after it launched, and now also writes in a variety of trade and consumer titles here and abroad. He has published a number of books, including the bestselling 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die.