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Whisky and Scotland (Paperback, Main)
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Whisky and Scotland (Paperback, Main)
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List price R283
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Discovery Miles 2 280
You Save R55 (19%)
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This witty, erudite and often lyrical toast to uisgebeatha, the
Celts' 'water of life', takes us back into the mists of time when
some happy man chanced upon the technique of producing a
distillation from barley that rivalled the mead of the gods. But it
is also a lament for the days when every self-respecting Highlander
had his own pot still as of right. Good malt whisky, brewed and
distilled in the time-honoured way, excites the same appreciation
as fine wine, and there could be no more discerning guide than Neil
M. Gunn, a native of Caithness and one of Scotland's leading
twentieth-century novelists. Whisky and Scotland describes in
loving detail the traditional techniques, still used today, whereby
barley grains become an amber spirit unequalled in the world. For a
purist, Scotland's own barley gives the finest results,
'communicating a soft maturing excellence', and no water can
compare with that which has flowed off the peat, imparting a subtle
flavour that survives years in the cask. True connoisseurs can
identify the products of individual distilleries, for each derives
its own distinctive character from the surrounding soil and water.
A classic since its original publication, Whisky and Scotland reads
as freshly and relevantly as it did then. Good single whiskies can
still be found by the searcher, and the fire of Scottish national
pride burns as brightly as ever. This new edition, with decorative
drawings by Fred Van Deelen based on archive photographs, will
enlighten and entertain all who share the author's delight in a
brew that recalls 'the world of hills and glens, of raging
elements, of shelter, of divine ease.'
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