The James Eadie Ltd workforce (L-R Rupert Patrick, Leon Kuebler and Hugh Barron) with copies of The Distillation of Whisky and The Distilleries of Nice Britain & Eire in The British Library, the place the unique texts had been discovered. {Photograph}: The British Library Board
NEW BOOK REVEALS Twenties WHISKY SECRETS AND INSPIRES FUTURE NEW RELEASES
A historic information to creating Scotch whisky within the early twentieth century has been republished by James Eadie Ltd, with whiskies impressed by the e-book to be launched over the subsequent decade.
The Distillation of Whisky, 1927-1931 is among the few out there sensible first-hand sources courting from Scotch whisky’s early historical past and illuminates misplaced whisky-making methods from the interwar years.
To carry these misplaced whiskies to life, James Eadie Ltd has collaborated with six of Scotland’s most revolutionary whisky distilleries to supply spirits impressed by the e-book.
These whiskies – from Ardnamurchan, Dornoch, Holyrood, InchDairnie, Lochlea and ‘An Unnamed Farm Distillery within the Coronary heart of the Kingdom of Fife’ – will likely be distilled between Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024, and will likely be launched over the course of the subsequent decade.
Dave Broom and Alan Winchester, two famend authorities on whisky have each written introductions for the amount.
Dave Broom, whisky knowledgeable and creator, commented:
“Whisky’s historical past is a jigsaw puzzle the place lots of the items have been misplaced.
“By giving detailed insights into whisky manufacturing initially of the twentieth century, this e-book supplies a better understanding of what ‘old-style’ whisky would have tasted like. Many myths have exploded because of this. It’s a must-read for distillers, blenders, and whisky lovers.”
Alan Winchester, former Grasp Distiller at The Glenlivet, stated:
“These fascinating articles shine a highlight into what was occurring 100 years in the past.
“Some practices could seem unusual now, however others nonetheless proceed. This contradicts and challenges the views that innovation didn’t exist, and every thing was conventional.”
The publication of The Distillation of Whisky, 1927-1931 follows on from James Eadie Ltd’s 2022 quantity The Distilleries of Nice Britain & Eire, 1922-1929, which is taken into account to be the earliest photographic survey of the Scotch & Irish whisky industries.
Working with the British Library’s digitisation workforce, The Distillation of Whisky consists of all 130+ pictures from the unique publications, reproduced at ultra-high definition.
Leon Kuebler, Model Director at James Eadie Ltd, stated:
“We had been overwhelmed by the constructive suggestions to The Distilleries of Nice Britain & Eire, 1922-1929.
“However some of the frequent queries we obtained was ‘How did they make it?’ So we had been delighted to come back throughout The Distillation of Whisky within the British Library’s archives, which supplies a remarkably complete reply to this query.”
The Distillation of Whisky, 1927-1931 will likely be launched on Tuesday 14 November as a primary version of 1,000 copies. It’s out there to buy completely at Scotland’s main specialist whisky retailer, Royal Mile Whiskies.
Arthur Motley, Managing Director at Royal Mile Whiskies, stated:
“I’m so excited to be promoting this e-book, in addition to the distilled spirits which are impressed by it.
“A fascination with the previous is sure up in whisky tradition, however all too not often does historic analysis have an effect on what we do now. The enjoyment of this publication is that it’ll change a number of the bottles on our future cabinets.”
For extra details about the e-book please go to www.jameseadie.co.uk/books/distillation-of-whisky.html
About James Eadie Ltd
First established in 1854, James Eadie Ltd is an impartial Scotch whisky blender and bottler. Revived in 2016 by the founder’s great-great-grandson, Rupert Patrick, the corporate is constructing a fame as a provider of top of the range specialist whiskies. James Eadie exports its single malts to sixteen worldwide markets, in addition to widespread distribution in the UK by way of specialist retailers.
James Eadie Ltd additionally owns a blended Scotch whisky model, Commerce Mark “X”. Dormant since its final bottling within the late Forties, this model was revived in October 2017, when Grasp Blender Norman Mathison used his fifty years’ mixing expertise to re-master this as soon as well-known Scotch. A key characteristic on this revival has been the invention of the corporate’s authentic whisky ledgers from the mid to late nineteenth Century, which revealed a mix created from a few of Scotland’s best whiskies, then and now. Solely whiskies from distilleries listed within the founder’s ledgers have been used.
James Eadie Ltd is a member of the Scotch Whisky Affiliation, whose function is to advance the worldwide pursuits and profile of Scotch whisky.
For additional info, please go to https://www.jameseadie.co.uk
About Royal Mile Whiskies
Royal Mile Whiskies is among the world’s most revered specialist whisky retailers. Established in 1991 on Edinburgh’s well-known Royal Mile, it shortly gained a fame because the go-to place to seek out new, attention-grabbing and hard-to-find whiskies and spirits.
In 2000, the corporate launched www.royalmilewhiskies.com, which made it one of many first to retail whisky on-line. In the present day, Royal Mile Whiskies ships 1000’s of whiskies annually to prospects across the globe from their Scotland base. Royal Mile Whiskies’ worldwide fame is basically as a result of its enthusiastic and educated workforce of whisky fanatics.
The Royal Mile Whiskies Commerce division is seen because the pre-eminent wholesaler of specialist spirits into the Scottish bar commerce, with an accounts listing of a number of the highest hospitality venues in Scotland and past.
The retail outlet sits underneath the Dormant Distillery Firm (DDC) alongside Drinkmonger, a specialist wine and tremendous spirits retailer with bases in Pitlochry and Bruntsfield, and The Cigar Field.
About Dave Broom
Dave Broom has been writing about drink for 35 years and specialising in spirits for 28 of them. A Grasp of the Quaich, he has written 14 books (the newest being 2022’s A Sense of Place) and made a few movies, successful quite a few awards within the course of, together with the 2013 IWSC Communicator of the 12 months Award, an Andre Simon place for his 2018 e-book The Means of Whisky, and Greatest Drinks Author on the 2020 Fortnum & Mason awards. Initially from Glasgow, Dave now resides in England.
About Alan Winchester
Alan joined the Scotch Whisky business in 1975. He has been concerned with 22 distilleries, being a part of the workforce that constructed Dalmunach and two expansions of The Glenlivet Distillery, of which he was Grasp Distiller till lately. Since retiring from that function is concerned within the creation of the Cabrach Distillery as a non govt Director, and advising a variety of the opposite distilling tasks.
Alan is a Grasp of the Quaich and a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. He was inducted within the Whisky Magazines Icons Corridor of Fame in 2022 and obtained a Lifetime Achievement Award from Spirit of Speyside in the identical yr.
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