Rare Malts: Facts, Figures and Taste

By Ulf Buxrud

Book Overview

The book is an endeavour to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of whisky history. It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the rise of a cottage trade that became an industry. Its format contains portraits of all the distilleries involved in the compilation of the "Rare malts Selection (RMS)" series; a collection of outstanding examples of the makes of thirty-six legendary distilleries. Each portrait contains histories and technical data, some never published before. The portraits include flavour profiles, tasting notes and comments, A special segment deals with tasting methodology, another gives a deeper insight in whisky nomenclature. In addition the full story of the "RMS" series is told in detail.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846890071
• ISBN13: 9781846890079
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Quiller Press Limited
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 0.8" x 11.5"