A much more engaging read that David’s last book… Broadly hanging off the idea of presenting a history of independent whisky bottling, this entertaining tome serves mainly for the author to spool out some anecdotes and make 2 points. But
The Philosophy of Whisky
I actually wrote a “proper” blog post on this one… it seemed the thing to do at the time.
A Long Stride – The Story of the World’s No. 1 Scotch Whisky
You’d think that a history of a 200 year old company could be a yawn-inducing affair, echoing the tedium of digging through endless ledgers that the author inevitably had to do to look for clues in reconstructing the stories… however
The Distilleries of Campbeltown: The Rise and Fall of the Whisky Capital of the World
A detailed yet slightly austere/opaque history of the whisky industry in Campbeltown from around 1769 through to the early 2000s, covering the burgeoning scene to its production peak with the 29 active distilleries in 1835 and the subsequent decline following