Birlinn New Title Catalogue Spring 2017

Blair Bowman with Nikki Welch
MAY 2017
The Pocket Guide
to Whisky
Blair Bowman is the
founder of World Whisky
Day, first launched in
2012 and which is now
celebrated every year, on
every continent (including
Antarctica). He has been
a whisky enthusiast since
helping found Aberdeen
University’s Malt Whisky
Society. He currently writes
for Scottish Field as their
Whisky Columnist and is
a contributing editor to
the Cask & Still, Scotland’s
newest whisky magazine.
Nikki Welch spent ten
years selling and marketing
wine for a number of
wine producers and major
supermarkets. She now owns
Convivium Wine, organizes
events for the public and
for wine companies, trains
staff, writes about wine and
acts as a consultant for wine
businesses.
The ever-expanding world of whisky
can be a daunting one, with a deluge
of new brands, distilleries and
literature on the subject making it
all but impossible for the amateur
whisky drinker to find their feet.
Following on from the bestselling
Pocket Guide to Wine, Blair Bowman
provides a compact and accessible,
easy-to-use guide to help budding
whisky enthusiasts on their way. The
Pocket Guide to Whisky explores
every kind of whisky, from the well
known Scottish giant Glenlivet, to the
exotic Japanese Hibiki, and includes
the ever-growing and hotly debated
blended whiskies too!
Based on the same principle as Nikki
Welch's famous WineTube Map, this
book shows how different whiskies
relate to each other in terms of taste.
From novice to expert, it enables
whisky lovers to find out more about
the brands they already like and
to make informed choices as they
explore further.
Format: 170 x 105mm A-pbk
ISBN: 9781780274324
Price: £7.99
Extent: 144pp
Illustrations: Colour throughout
May 2017
Also available
THE POCKET GUIDE TO WINE
ISBN: 9781780271446
Price: £7.99 Paperback
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