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Land of the Ilich

Author : Steven Mithen
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788853091
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Land of the Ilich written by Steven Mithen and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a period of many years. In this book he introduces the sites and monuments and tells the story of the island's people from the earliest stone age hunter-gatherers to those who lived in townships and in the grandeur of Islay House. He visits the tombs of Neolithic farmers, forts of Iron Age chiefs and castles of medieval warlords, discovers where Bronze Age gold was found, treacherous plots were made against the Scottish crown, and explores the island of today, which was forged more recently by those who mined for lead, grew flax, fished for herring and distilled whisky – the industry for which the island is best known today. Although an island history, this is far from an insular story: Islay has always been at a cultural crossroads, receiving a constant influx of new people and new ideas, making it a microcosm for the story of Scotland, Britain and beyond.

Whisky Island

Author : Andrew Jefford
Publisher : Headline Home
ISBN 13 : 9781472262226
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Whisky Island written by Andrew Jefford and published by Headline Home. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reissue edition of the previously published title Peat Smoke and Spirit (9780747245780), published in 2005. 'This is not simply an appreciation of whisky, but a voyage into the history and geography of a tiny Scottish island' Daily Mail Those who discover malt whisky quickly learn that the malts made on the Isle of Islay are some of the wildest and most characterful in the malt-whisky spectrum. In Whisky Island, Islay's fascinating story is uncovered: from its history and stories of the many shipwrecks which litter its shores, to the beautiful wildlife, landscape and topography of the island revealed through intimate descriptions of the austerely beautiful and remote countryside. Interleaved through these different narrative strands comes the story of the whiskies themselves, traced from a distant past of bothies and illegal stills to present-day legality and prosperity. The flavour of each spirit is analysed and the differences between them teased out, as are the stories of the notable men and women who have played such a integral part in their creation.

A Journeyman's Journey - The Story of Jim McEwan

Author : Jim McEwan
Publisher : Plassen Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3864707668
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book A Journeyman's Journey - The Story of Jim McEwan written by Jim McEwan and published by Plassen Verlag. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For whisky professionals, connoisseurs and lovers, Jim McEwan is an icon like Steve Jobs, Paul McCartney and Pelé. Growing up in the small village of Bowmore on the "whisky island" of Islay, he started his career in 1963 at the age of 15 as a cask maker in the Bowmore distillery. This developed into an unprecedented career in which Jim was to shape and revolutionise the world of whisky like no other. The worldwide success of single malt whisky is inextricably linked to him. The highlight of his work was the revival of the Bruichladdich distillery, today one of the most innovative and respected representatives of the whisky world. How a journey began with two men and a dog that would lead to new universes of whisky is only part of the story that Jim McEwan tells here anecdotally and with much humour. Lavishly designed, lavishly illustrated and sumptuously appointed - a delight for lovers of wonderful books and wonderful drinks alike.

Whisky Dream

Author : Stuart Rivans
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781841586816
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Whisky Dream written by Stuart Rivans and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whisky Dream" tells the extraordinary story of one man's dream to raise from the dead not one, but two of Islay's most cherished malts. After a hard-fought battle, former wine merchant Mark Reynier, together with old business partner Simon and masterblender Jim McEwan reopened Bruichladdich in 2001 after seven years of silent mash-tuns. Their astonishing journey involved scrapes with a top secret MOD submarine, U.S. military satellites, the CIA, faceless multinationals, patronising bank staff, supply problems, all-new international sales and distribution network, and an eleventh hour, GBP7.5 million bank loan. Port Charlotte Distillery, closed its doors on Islay in 1929, exactly a century after its foundation, as a direct result of a major downturn in the whisky industry, caused by Prohibition in the United States, becoming nothing more than a windswept ruin.Not happy with achieving what even their families and close friends told them was impossible with Bruichladdich, and after declaring that he would 'never, ever, ever do this again', Mark set his sights on the traumatic challenge of, indeed, 'doing it all over again' with Port Charlotte. More than anything, however, this is the story of the islanders themselves, 'The Ileach': their resourcefulness, their stubbornness, their ancient ability to triumph over adversity. This is what brought - and will bring - both Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte distilleries back from the grave.

Islay

Author : David Caldwell
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781780274652
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Islay written by David Caldwell and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the history of Islay up to the present day with a particular focus on the people of the island. Islay was originally part of Dal Riata, the early kingdom of the Scots, but was then colonized by Scandinavian settlers in the ninth century. It was also the home of the MacDonalds, who established the Lordship of the Isles during the Medieval Period and who mounted a challenge to the Stewart dynasty for control of Scotland. It also looks at the lesser folk, especially during the time of the Campbell lairds, from the early 17th century onwards. Archaeology combined with documentary research has helped to build up a picture of how the people of Islay lived, the way the land was farmed and the development of local industries, including the distilling of whisky.

Peat Smoke and Spirit

Author : Andrew Jefford
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 9780747245780
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Peat Smoke and Spirit written by Andrew Jefford and published by Headline. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those who discover malt whisky quickly learn that the malts made on the Isle of Islay are some of the wildest and most characterful in the malt-whisky spectrum. In PEAT SMOKE AND SPIRIT, Islay's fascinating story is uncovered: from its history and stories of the many shipwrecks which litter its shores, to intimate descriptions of the beautiful wildlife, landscape and topography of the island. Interwoven through these different narrative strands comes the story of the whiskies themselves, traced from a distant past of bothies and illegal stills to present-day legality and prosperity. The flavour of each spirit is analysed and the differences between them teased out, as are the stories of the notable men and women who have played such a integral part in their creation. PEAT SMOKE AND SPIRIT is the last word on Islay and its whiskies.

Tales of Islay

Author : Margaret Earl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780952398400
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Islay written by Margaret Earl and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Vikings in Islay

Author : Alan Macniven
Publisher : John Donald
ISBN 13 : 9781906566623
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book The Vikings in Islay written by Alan Macniven and published by John Donald. This book was released on 2015 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the traditional assumptions about the nature of Viking settlements in the Inner Hebrides, this book aims to stimulate the debate on what happened in Islay 1,200 years ago, when Viking settlers from Norway clashed with the indigenous Scots of Dal Riada. The Hebridean island of Islay is well known for its whisky, its wildlife, and its association with the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. There would seem to be little reason to dwell on its fate at the hands of the marauding Northmen during the Viking Age. Despite a pivotal location on the sea road from Norway to Ireland, there are no convincing records of the Vikings ever having been there. In recent years, historians have been keen to marginalize the island's Viking experience, choosing instead to focus on the enduring stability of native Celtic culture, and tracing the island's modern Gaelic traditions back in an unbroken chain to the dawn of the Christian era. With no written accounts to go by, the real story of Islay's Viking Age has to be read from another type of course material: the silent witness of the names and local places. The Vikings in Islay presents a detailed historical-philological survey and systematic review of approximately 240 of the island's farm and nature names. The conclusions drawn turn traditional assumptions on their head. The romance of Islay's names, it seems, masks a harrowing tale of invasion, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing.

Islay

Author : Margaret Cochrane Storrie
Publisher : HP Trade
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islay written by Margaret Cochrane Storrie and published by HP Trade. This book was released on 1981 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of Islay

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Islay written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Whisky and Scotland

Author : Neil M. Gunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780285634336
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Whisky and Scotland written by Neil M. Gunn and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This witty, erudite and often lyrical toast to uisgebeatha, the Celts' 'water of life', takes us back into the mists of time when some happy man chanced upon the technique of producing a distillation from barley that rivalled the mead of the gods. But it is also a lament for the days when every self-respecting Highlander had his own pot still as of right.Good malt whisky, brewed and distilled in the time-honoured way, excites the same appreciation as fine wine, and there could be no more discerning guide than Neil M. Gunn, a native of Caithness and one of Scotland's leading twentieth-century novelists.Whisky and Scotland describes in loving detail the traditional techniques, still used today, whereby barley grains become an amber spirit unequalled in the world. For a purist, Scotland's own barley gives the finest results, 'communicating a soft maturing excellence', and no water can compare with that which has flowed off the peat, imparting a subtle flavour that survives years in the cask. True connoisseurs can identify the products of individual distilleries, for each derives its own distinctive character from the surrounding soil and water.A classic since its original publication, Whisky and Scotland reads as freshly and relevantly as it did then. Good single whiskies can still be found by the searcher, and the fire of Scottish national pride burns as brightly as ever. This new edition, with decorative drawings by Fred Van Deelen based on archive photographs, will enlighten and entertain all who share the author's delight in a brew that recalls 'the world of hills and glens, of raging elements, of shelter, of divine ease.'

Book of Islay

Author : G. G. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Book of Islay written by G. G. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Allegiance

Author : Kate Islay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781523644179
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book In Allegiance written by Kate Islay and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathias commands the Cortesian army, but what he most longs for is home. When his king gifts him with a slave from a conquered princedom, Mathias is intrigued-even as he resists the king's machinations. But Reve soon tests Mathias's allegiance and his heart. Once the son of a prince, now a slave in a foreign land, Reve has few allies in his goal to protect his younger brother from the king. He's forced to navigate the treacherousness of Cortesa and his own conflicted feelings for his captor. Faced with what he most wants, Reve has to make a choice-and Mathias has to make his. An empire stands against them, but Mathias's loyalty to the king may be too much for Reve to conquer.

Islay

Author : Norman S. Newton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Islay written by Norman S. Newton and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Islay and Its Whiskies

Author : Maggie McLeod
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398421081
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Islay and Its Whiskies written by Maggie McLeod and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-23 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For whisky fans and their travelling buddies. This insightful and well-researched pocket guidebook is all you need to enhance your Islay visit. It is the ideal companion for the Scotch whisky dreamers and those who share a passion for Scotland’s islands. Pop it in your back pocket and set off. Information at a glance with no need to plan or study beforehand. There are 10 world-famous Scotch whisky distilleries to discover, all with useful insider tips clearly listed. Islay’s other treasures are not forgotten either: ancient history, archaeology and Islay’s amazing bird life also feature. There are suggested daily tour routes around Islay highlighting what to look out for. There are also details of day tours to the nearby Islands of Jura and Colonsay. The author has been guiding groups from all over the world for almost 20 years and is very much aware of what visitors actually want. This guidebook has it all!

Official Guide to the Isle of Islay. [With Illustrations.].

Author : Islay (Scotland)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Official Guide to the Isle of Islay. [With Illustrations.]. written by Islay (Scotland) and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bibliography of Books and Articles Relating to Islay

Author : Islay Archaeological Survey Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Books and Articles Relating to Islay written by Islay Archaeological Survey Group and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: