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The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom

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Around 1885, Alfred Barnard used to be secretary of Harper’s Weekly Gazette, a journal dedicated to the wine and spirit trade. With a view to provide his readers with the history and descriptions of the whisky-making process, Barnard determined to Talk over with every distillery in Scotland, England and Ireland. Accompanied by friends, he visited over 150 distilleries. The names found in his reports still excite the dedicated whisky connoisseur today, in addition to others whose fame has faded at the turn of the 19th century. The appeal of Barnard’s book lies not only in the technical descriptions of every distillery’s processes, but also in the colourful descriptions of his journeys, brimming with historical colour and detail. A superbly illustrated facsimile edition, with over 200 engravings, this book is a complete guide to the origins of Scotland’s national drink, in addition to a full of life picture of life and shuttle in the Victorian age.
 
This new revised edition has in any case gathered together all of Alfred Barnard’s writings on the whisky distilleries of the UK, making it the definitive collection on the subject. The new material that has been added includes: ‘A Talk over with to Pattison & Elder & Cos, Leith, and Glenfarclas-Glenlivet Distillery’, ‘Willie Brewed a Peck o’ Maut: A Run Through Some Famous Scotch Distilleries: Bunnahabhain Islay; Glen Rothes-Glenlivet; Tamdhu-Glenlivet & Glenglassaugh Banffshire’, ‘John Walker and Sons’, ‘How to Blend Scotch Whisky’, and ‘Dalmore’.
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