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Rare Malts (Ulf Buxrud)

Facts, figures and taste

Rare Malts Book Ulf Buxrud

Ulf Buxrud

Ulf is a great whisky lover since ages, as he discovered single malt in the ealy 1970's. For more than 30 years, he has been very active in the whisky world (through the organisation of lectures and tastings). He was invited to join the illustrious club
"Keepers of the Quaich" in 1995 and he is also a member of the Malt Maniacs.

Rare Malts

An extremely carefully laid out book telling the story of this mythic whisky collection, created in 1995 by Mike Collings. Even if this collection is discontinued by Diageo now, it represents a liquid memory of the most representative malts produced by the distilleries of the group since the early 1970's.

A history of the collection and of Diageo is briefly but clearly evoked in this book which seems to become a reference book for all whisky lovers in the coming years.

Near this general information about the Rare Malts collection as such, some tasting tips, a clear explanation of the making and maturation process of whisky, the book contains amazing information about the distilleries and clear tasting notes for a great deal of the bottles selected within this collection.

The book was published by Quiller Press and is sold fo 30 £

Schotse Malt Whisky (Robin Brilleman)

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Robin Brilleman: Schotse Malt Whisky

Amazing book, this distilleries guide written by Robin Brilleman. The book describes 96 Scotch distilleries in detail.

Amazing...
... as it contains so much information

A detailed description of each distillery with the origin of the name, the history of the distillery, production figures, origin of the water and use of the single malt produced (used in blends, percentage of marketed singel malt, etc...)

... by the book size

The book is called "The guide - Scotch Malt Whisky" and is published in a very handy format, which makes it the ideal companion for visiting distilleries. You can take it everywhere with you in you pocket...

Robin Brilleman

Robin lives in Amsterdam and writes since about ten years on whisky and Scotland. His book has been published earlier in a more conventional format, and this first edition has inspired many comments on distilleries on www.whisky-distilleries.info. But writing is not the only activity of Robin in the world of whisky, as he also organises whisky classes. For more information, see his own website:
www.robinbrilleman.nl.
The book is available from his website and in the best whisky shops in Netherlands. Unfortunately, it is only available in Dutch...which of course is no problem for people understanding this language...

Malt whisky yearbook 2007 (Ingvar Ronde)

Malt whisky yearbook 2007The new edition of "Malt whisky yearbook" is from now on available. Questions are "What are the differences with the previous version", "why should I buy this new release, as I have the old one", etc...

Having seen both editions, I would answer "yes" to the question "Should I buy the new edition". Even if the hundred Scottish (and other) distileries remain the same from one year to the other one, the autors of this book were succesful in giving me the same pleasure as last year.

Feature articles giving some answers to common questions like "The first hours in teh life of a whisky" (or what is the role of distillation in the quality of the end product) by Ian Wisniewski, the "new" markets, like India or Russia, a list of new distillery bottlings are just some of the reasons to buy that new edition. I sincerely guess that those who liked the 2006 edition (and who did not enjoy it?) will be pleased to get and read the new one...

And for those who did not get the 2006 edition, this new edition will certainly please them.

The book is available at: http://www.maltwhiskyyearbook.com.

Malt whisky yearbook 2006 (Ingvar Ronde)

The facts, the people, the news, the stories

Malt whisky yearbook 2006

For more information over the book and the best way to order this absolutely essential book:
click on the picture on the left
or
on the following link:
http://www.maltwhiskyyearbook.com.

275 pages of happiness for those whisky lovers who like to stay in touch with the whisky world's news and life.

Information about the distilleries, usage of single malts in blends, history of distilleries (an excellent complement to the present site) the new bottlings 2005... Brief, lots of fascinating informations for whisky lovers. Scotch, Irish, Japanese and other whisky distilleries around the world are nicely described. The traditional ones, the new ones, like Blackwood, Ladybank, Kilchoman, Daftmill, Glengyle, but also the (almost) forgotten ones like Ben Wyvis, Glen Flagler, Kinclaith or Laydyburn...

Figures about Individual distillery production, whisky sales throughout the world, productions by owners, etc...

Articles by Charles MacLean, Michael Jackson, David Stirk, Arthur Motley, Helen Arthur or Ulf Buxrud..

The 2005 news of the distilleries. For editorial reasons, the very last news have sometimes been skipped, but they will appear in the next edition, in 2007.

This are just some of the reasons to buy this book without any delay. To order it, please visit : : http://www.maltwhiskyyearbook.com.
The price is £ 12.95 plus shipping costs..

 

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