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With a dram in your glass and a fire to warm your toes, sharing a bottle of single-malt whiskey has surely got to be one of life's greatest pleasures. With almost 100 distilleries in Scotland today, what was once one of the world's best kept secrets has now become an international craze. Drinking scotch, particularly single-malt, has become popular for more than just the connoisseurs. Millions of people around the world regularly pick up bottles from Islay and Speyside and find themselves discussing the merits of each region's nectars. This beautiful keepsake will help you on your journey through the world of single-malt. Record your own notes on what you taste, smell and experience; enter comments from your scotch-loving friends and paste in your favourite labels. As you fill this journal you will find that, unlike other single-malt guides, Scotch doesn't dictate your tastes, it lets you build and savour your own.
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Scotch a journal of single-malt whiskies This page intentionally left blank Scotch a journal of single-malt whiskies Alma Lee STONE Fox PUBLISHING The pubLijhcr ^rjtdul.y acknowleidp£s the support Copyright © 2001 by Alma Us Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Dala All rights re-SErved. No pat of this publication L«, alnu. 1910- and Department of Or.ad ai HcrEiage tKrough may be reproduced, slorcd jix a retrieval system or Scotch: a journal of smglt-rnalt whiskies the Book PuMiiEiinc (nduslry Development Pro- of the Oriadi Council, the OnUr.u Arli Council cram. transmitted, in any form or by any means, nittaul ttie prior writiea rx~m:^ion of the publisher or, ISBN 1-895837-57-1 in (he case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a license from G^NCOPY (Canadian 1. Whiskey - Scotland. 2. Dlarits IBbnt-boofcs). Copycigiil Licensing Agency!, 1 Yongc S:.. Sime I. Title. 1900, ToTDDto, OnUtio. Canada, M5E 1E5. Copy edited by Matia Ljodin TP6Q5.L43 2000 COO-932236-l Ml«2 52 09411 Designed by Fle« Media, Toronto Prinlcd and bound in Canada Slant Fa* Publishing is an imprint of Insomniac Press, 192 Spadina Avenue. Suite ^1)3. Toronto, Ontario. Canada, M5T 2C2 wffw.sloncfoxfi u bli^ h i cig.com DEDICATION To my Mum 6 Dad. who gave me confidence lo go into th< world="" and="" try=""> TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Ian Rankin -1 Introduction by ]ack Whyte 2 Scotch: A Brief History •) Influences of Location 6 Tasting Guide 7 Scotch-producing Regions 8 Lowlands 8 Highlands 9 Campbeltown Islay 10 ifi IU Speyside 10 Collecting, Independent and Unofficial Bottlings 12 Scotch Chart 13 Your Scotch journal -. .t, 23 123 Bibliography 12l Afterword by Alma Lee . 125 VII SCOTCH: A IOUHNM. OF SINGLE-HUT WHISKIES SCOTCH: A JOURNAL OF SINCLE-MALT WHISKIES V.II 3fes*etiws^ museum in Aviernore where, for a small ished crystal tumbler of your own fee, we sampled the tasting menu favourite, and prepare to be enlightened ten and entertained. You re in the hands of by Ian Rank in different malts, running the gamut from the smoothest, subtlest spoils of Spey- A mall whisky tasting journal what a great idea! I came to love malt whisky in side to robust and peaty offerings from the Western Isles. the summer of 198*1. I was twenty-four years old, studyi