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Malt Whisky Companion

THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING BOOK ON MALT WHISKY RE malt VATTED malt SINGLE CASK N BARRELS FINISHED in SHERRY BUTTS COTTISH OAK JAPANESE OAK LOWLAND malt D HEAVILY PEATED FUL LY REVI SE SINGLE BARREL CASK STRENG DOUBLE WOOD THREE WOO ISLAND malt HIGHLAND MA DOUBLE DISTILLED

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THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING BOOK ON MALT WHISKY RE malt VATTED malt SINGLE CASK N BARRELS FINISHED in SHERRY BUTTS COTTISH OAK JAPANESE OAK LOWLAND malt D HEAVILY PEATED FUL LY REVI SE SINGLE BARREL CASK STRENG DOUBLE WOOD THREE WOO ISLAND malt HIGHLAND MA DOUBLE DISTILLED

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MICHAEL JACKSON’S

MALT WHISKY
Companion

THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING


BOOK ON MALT WHISKY

REVI
LY
SE
• FUL

RE MALT • VATTED MALT • SINGLE CASK • SINGLE BARREL • CASK STRENG


D•

N BARRELS • FINISHED IN SHERRY BUTTS • DOUBLE WOOD • THREE WOO


COTTISH OAK • JAPANESE OAK • LOWLAND MALT • ISLAND MALT • HIGHLAND MA
D • LIGHTLY PEATED • HEAVILY PEATED • DOUBLE DISTILLED • TRIPLE D
E

D
ITIO
MICHAEL JACKSON’S

MALT WHISKY
COMPANION
LONDON • NEW YORK • MUNICH
MELBOURNE • DELHI

Design Nick Harris, Rebecca Painter, and Edward Kinsey


Editorial Carla Masson and Elizabeth Stubbs
Research Owen D. L. Barstow and Cathy Turner
Photography Steve Gorton and Ian O’Leary

Additional material
Dave Broom, Jürgen Deibel, and Martine Nouet

FOR DORLING KINDERSLEY


Senior Editor Simon Tuite
Senior Art Editors Joanne Doran and Sue Metcalfe-Megginson
DTP Designer Louise Waller
Production Controllers Sarah Sherlock and Heather Hughes
Managing Editor Deirdre Headon
Art Director Peter Luff

Fifth Edition published 2004 by Dorling Kindersley Limited


80 Strand, London, WC2R ORL
PENGUIN GROUP
2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1
Copyright © 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Text copyright © 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004
Michael Jackson
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the
prior written permissions of the copyright owners
A CIP catalogue of this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 1 4053 0234 8

MD159
Colour reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore
Printed and bound in Italy by Graphicom

Discover more at
www.dk.com
Contents
INTRODUCTION: A SECRET NO LONGER 6
WHAT’S NEW: TRENDS IN MALTS 8
WHY MALTS: AN INSTANT GUIDE
TO THE PLEASURES OF THE PURSUIT 20
THE ORIGINS OF MALT WHISKY 24
THE WORDS USED ON THE LABEL 30
FLAVOURS: THE INFLUENCE OF THE LANDSCAPE 36
REGIONAL VARIATIONS 54
WHAT IS THE PERFECT AGE? 64
THE PERFECT WOOD 68
OWNERS, DISTILLERS, AND BOTTLERS 74

A–Z
OF SINGLE MALTS 82–431

WHISKY WORLDWIDE: THE FAMOUS FIVE 432


VATTED MALTS 439
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR MALT 440
BIBLIOGRAPHY & FURTHER INFORMATION 442
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 443
INDEX 444

Before dinner or after?


With coffee, chocolate, or a
cigar? These are just some
of the moments for malt.
There are suggestions with
every entry ...

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