Whisky: Over 100 of Scotland's Best Malt Whiskies (Collins Little Books)

I ordered four different books by this author. Loved them all! Thanks!

If you know almost nothing about single malts, this book might be helpful - but I would advise getting a book that gives you some more information, and goes into some depth as well as critical information concerning distilleries, independent bottlers, etc. - Malt Whisky Yearbook, Micheal Jackson (although the new stuff is actual written by other "experts"), Jim Murray, etc. the biginners guide to malt whisky on the website maltmadness.com is a great place to start - also gives you info on further reading.

Great book to keep in the car and in your pocket for going to the liquor store .Short good notes on just about all the Scotches available .

Gives a better insight to the different whiskies available.

Simpatico libello a cura di Dominic Roskrow.Dopo una breve introduzione sulle attuali tendenze del mondo del whisky, una mappetta delle regioni scozzessi del whisky single malt (Speyside, Highlands, Islands, Islay, Lowlands e Campbeltown) e un elenco delle distillerie (sempre prima per zona e poi in ordine alfabetico).Poi si parte, in ordine alfabetico, ad esaminare le singole distillerie.Ognuna di esse viene descritta generalmente in una pagina (le più importanti ne meritano due) e oltre a segnalarne l'ubicazione, vengono indicate (quando presenti):- il "core range" (cioè gli imbottigliamenti principali)- il "signature malt" (cioè il malto più rappresentativo della distilleria)- lo "special occasion" (cioè un malto speciale che spicchi nel vasto 'universo dei single malt)In quasi ogni pagina c'è la foto di una bottiglia. Niente schemi o punteggi, le note degustative sono telegrafiche.Il libro si chiude con un indice.Sicuramente sconsigliato a chi cerhi un libro sui blended (non trattati se non incidentalmente) o a whisky non scozzesi (non fatevi ingannare dal titolo scritto su Amazon che dice "and Ireland"! E' un refuso!), può essere consigliato al novizio che voglia avvicinarsi al mondo degli scotch single malt.Buona lettura e sláinte! :)

The perfect companion for any whiskey lover !

This is an excellent little guide, pocket (and therefore bite)-sized, covering all of the single malt whiskys worth knowing about. It would be very easy for the author Dominic Roskrow to lapse into the same style of pretentious and over-bearing waffle that means my single copy of Hugh Johnson's Wine Guide has ended up discarded, never to be replaced - but he does not.The writing is accessible; there is just enough distillery history, tasting notes and release information and about each expression that makes you want to try each malt in order to draw your own conclusions.Take the section on Ardbeg for example - 2 pages of tasting notes, with photos of the best expressions and complete with images of the distillery. Roskrow is also quite direct about the malts whose reputations have suffered over time due to their use in mainstream blends (curse you, Johnny Walker). He is not afraid either of recommending 25 y.o. releases as budget and cost does not come into this guide - that is for you and me as buyers to decide.This has helped me greatly in my first forays into the single malt world and as a result I have purchased many single malts and am currently building up a reasonable cabinet with wide variety. Thus - thanks to this little guide - I am now wiser and more knowledgeable, and you won't regret picking it up for the snip of a price you'll pay for it on Amazon.com.