The New Single Malt Whiskey: More Than 325 Bottles, From 197 Distilleries, in More Than 25 Countries Hardcover – October 25, 2016

a very informative book and gives great pictures and useful tips

Gorgeous book full of insight into the world of whiskey!

Great.

Interesting book, a good gift item for the whiskey lovers. However, it came with a dent in the binding :/

This book is awesome. Hoping that I can find some of these liquors and try them out.

This is not the Fall 2018 book by Clay Risen entitled Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland: Includes Profiles, Ratings, and Tasting Notes for More Than 330 ExpressionsHardcover: 384 pagesPublisher: Quercus (October 16, 2018)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9781681441078

great book lots of good info

This is more of a "coffee table" book than a serious examination of single malts. The kind of book that will be on display at Pottery Barn or Williams Sonoma, to be consumed by unknowing suburban housewives who think it will be a holiday gift for their husband. I, unfortunately, purchased the book sight unseen on the notion that it would be similar to Clay Risen's "American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye". It is not close to that book, which has a history of American distillers, with tasting notes and rankings of various whiskeys.This book looks at most of the countries making single malt today and picks a handful of gratuitous distillers. It gives a brief history (two paragraphs usually) of the distillers. There's no real history of the distillers or the breadth of offerings from many of these whiskey producers. Let's put it this way, the section on Scotland only has a half a page dedicated to Laphroaig with about 150 words.Skip this purchase and buy something like Jim Murray's book for insight into the world of whiskey.