Peat Smoke And Spirit A Portrait of Islay & Its Whiskies Andrew Jefford

Peat Smoke And Spirit, A Portrait Of Islay And Its Whiskies by Andrew Jefford.

This book charts, the history of Islay and its whisky, its past vicissitudes and present achievements of the people who live and work on Islay to the distilleries. He also covers the seven distilleries' processes involved in their production, distilling, maturing and bottling

Chapters include:

Map of Islay

Introduction

A word or two on whisky

Chapter One: Landfall

First Glass: Ardbeg

Chapter Two: Story of an island: early times

Second Glass: Bowmore

Chapter Three: Story of an island: recent times

Third Glass: Bruichladdich

Chapter Four: Peat

Fourth Glass: Bunnahabhain

Chapter Five: Weather

Fifth Glass: Caol Ila

Chapter Six: Nature

Sixth Glass: Lagavulin

Chapter Seven: Shipwrecks

Seventh Glass: Laphroaig

Chapter Eight: Islay Today

Postscript: Distilleries past and present

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