Whiskies Galore: A Tour of Scotland's Island Distilleries - Hardcover

Ian Buxton has been working in and around the whisky industry for close to 30 years, but has been drinking professionally for a good deal longer. He began writing regularly for Whisky Magazine shortly after it launched, and now also writes in a variety of trade and consumer titles here and abroad. He has published a number of books, including the bestselling 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die and 101 Gins to Try Before You Die.

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)