SCOTCH MISSED

The Original Guide to the Lost Distilleries of Scotland

The only guide in print to the lost distilleries of Scotland.

This is the 4th edition and contains more distilleries and images than ever before.

About the author Brian Townsend is a multi-lingual retired journalist with an abiding interest in architecture and industrial archaeology. His is author of The Glory That Was Home (1990) and The Lost Distilleries of Ireland (1997). He lives near Dundee.

This is a revised fourth edition of the hardback first published in 1993 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first documentary records of the making of Scotch whisky in 1494. The second edition followed in 1997 and the third in2000 (reprinted almost annually).

Brian Townsend has now detailed the remnants and ruins of almost every Victorian working distillery in Scotland. In this new edition he has fully updated the most recent closures and has sourced over 35 new archive photographs of many of Scotland’s lost distilleries. The distilleries featured vary from the remnants of once great industrial concerns such as Port Dundas in Glasgow, Saucel Distillery in Paisley to a mere tumble of bricks and mortar lying in a remote location like Glen Tarras at Langholm.

Over the length and breadth of Scotland, its greatest export has left its mark and this book is a tribute not only to those who struggled against great odds and were finally beaten, but also to those who survived and have prospered. Townsend’s detailed research brings to life a large portion of Scottish industrial heritage which would otherwise have been ignored and he has enlivened this with interviews of the last people to work those long gone stills. He has also tracked down the whisky which in some cases still exists and the book is fully illustrated with records past and present of this remarkable trade.

Includes full OS map reference index to all distilleries listed and a full index.

Description

New revised fourth edition with new archive photographs, two revised maps and OS map reference index along with Victorian location maps.

Selling points

Classic, cult whisky book for geeks and historians alike. Essential to have this book in your collection if you are into whisky heritage. Good regional historical reference work for whisky enthusiasts and educators. Purchasers of last three editions will buy this one.

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