Whiskies Galore

A delightful grand tour of island distilleries' ~Sunday Post

A delightful grand tour of island distilleries. A great read: it mixes childhood recollections, laments about Hebridean weather, historical anecdotes and 101 astute, humorous observations' ~Brian Townsend, Dundee Courier

A fascinating new book' ~The Spectator

a knowledgeable and lively writer ~West Highland Free Press

A tour, an investigation, a fact finding mission, done with the utmost geniality by a man whose blood is most probably a pale amber hue… you can almost smell the peat, hear the clink of glasses and see the wind on the heather!'  ~Sue Baker, Lovereading.co.uk

his often hilarious travelogue mercilessly exposes cant, yet his profound love of these extraordinary places and our spirits is never in doubt' ~Carl Reavey, Bruichladdich Distillery

Ian Buxton is one of the country's best known and most prolific whisky writers and he writes on the subject with a fondness and knowledge, not to mention humour, which comes from a lifetime surrounded by whisky. His relaxed and conversational style makes the book a very enjoyable read' ~The Ileach

If you’ve read any of Bill Bryson's books you’ll understand exactly where Ian's coming from ... Full of interest for whisky lovers and non-lovers alike - funny stories and full of obscure nerdy information from an expert in the field'  ~Malt Musings

Sardonic, unsentimental and often very funny ... the most original drink book I’ve read in a long time ... this book will make you love Scotch whisky all the more' ~Henry Jeffreys, prize-winning author of Empire of Booze

something special, too, about this fascinating book ... All in all, this is the real thing - a single malt of a book - a lovely and loving read' ~Alexander McCall Smith

This is unlike any other whisky book yet published, and better than most!' ~Charles MacLean

You will learn far more in this offbeat odyssey than in a hundred more straightforward whisky books' ~Guardian Best Drinks Books 2017