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Please note that unless stated prices do not include postage. All books offered subject to stock being available. Owens, B. THE ART OF DISTILLING WHISKEY AND OTHER SPIRITS. USA: Quarry Books, 2008. 176 pages. 8x10. Illustrated. Edited by Alan Dikty, with a foreword by Fritz Maytag.This book is a backstage pass into the world of small-scale distilling of whiskies, gins, vodkas, brandies, and more. The reader, the ultimate spirits aficionado, will learn how water and grain are transformed into the full range exquisite, timeless liquors. There are few books available that explore the actual craft of distilling in such detail. Most of the other spirits books chronicle the historical side of the distilling world or focus on the flavors of various vintages. This book will be the consummate insider's guide to distilling techniques. Bill Owens' original photography, the result of two cross-country road trips, offers comprehensive illustration of the micro distilling world. The author is a distiller, publisher, photographer, brewer, raconteur, and is president of the American Distilling Institute. Owens spent nearly two decades as the publisher of Beer and American Brewer magazines and he is the author of How to Build a Small Brewery. Paperback. VG+. RRP£16.99 £11.22 Save £5.77 [33%] BUY Free shipping to most countries. Russell, I(Ed). WHISKY. Technology, Production and Marketing. London: Academic Press, 2003. xviii + 366pp. 10x7½ B/w illus. Text and tables printed two colour throughout. From the Handbook of Alcoholic Beverages Series. An extremely detailed and technical book written, with the exception of one chapter, by highly qualified research scientists. Therefore not really for the general reader, though a whisky enthusiast may be able to glean some useful information from it. I am not qualified to judge the content of the book, but have been told that the chapter on blending is not all it should be. Book is hardback, bound in glossy paper covered boards. Would have thought at this price the publishrs could have managed a better binding. VG+. Book No.467. This book can be ordered from Pickabook. Click here to check current price and availability of stock.
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THE DISTILLERIES OF CAMPBELTOWN: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World. Glasgow: The Angels' Share, 2005. xii + 220pp + 32pp colour, b/w illustrations and maps. 9¼x6 B/w illus, maps to endpapers. Campbeltown was once the whisky capital of the world with 29 distilleries operating simultaneously in 1835. How this remote fishing port and royal burgh became the epicentre of Scotland's greatest export is revealed in this book. With details of the people behind this huge industry. Appendices take up half the book including the reproduction of the Campbeltown distilleries from Barnards book. Other appendices are The Peter Dewar Letters, Distillery Histories, Proposals for Amalgamation, 1890, Petition to the Right Honourable David Lloyd George, M.P., Copy of a Highland Distilling Licence, 1793, Minutes of the Town Council, early 19th Century Illicit Distillers in Kintyre, and the Obituary of Duncan MacCallum. VG+ in dw. Book No.509. £10.75 | |
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