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Book SynopsisA unique, comprehensive and colourful guide to over 250 breweries, cider mills, vineyards and distilleries across Britain. "Entertaining and thorough. an essential handbook" Charles Maclean Recent years have seen a huge increase in the number of these places all over the country not only operating but also welcoming visitors, from small single-man producers working from home to large, world-famous labels, and from well-established brands to the revival of 200-year-old manufacturers that had almost been lost to prosperity. Now, for the first time, they have been gathered together in a single book which celebrates their craftsmanship, pinpoints their locations, describes who they are and what they do, and provides detailed information about how you can visit and sample their wares. Expert authors Ted Bruning, previously of What's Brewing magazine, and Rupert Wheeler, previously of Whisky Magazine, focus on places that are normally open during the holiday season, have a visitor centre and shop, and (in most cases) welcome families so you don't have to leave the kids in the car! Arranged by country, with chapters concentrating on individual counties and regions, no matter where you are you'll find a brewery, cider mill, distillery or vineyard within reach, many in historic, beautiful or quirky locations, from a brewery in a windmill to a distiller in the operating theatre of a former animal hospital.
Trade Review"Entertaining as well as being thorough, this is an essential handbook for anyone interested in the UK's hugely varied breweries, distilleries and wineries - so welcome at a time when food and drink tourism is burgeoning" - Charles Maclean, author of Malt Whisky, a Master of the Quaich, and inductee into the Whisky magazine Hall of Fame "A unique, comprehensive guide for connoisseurs and anyone interested in the art of distilling. incredibly informative" - Devon Life "An extensive guide book for drinks lovers" - Sunday Post "An entertaining compendium" - Dundee Courier "It's a super read, love the overall idea, at last a different sort of 'whisky' book." - Dr Bill Lumsden, Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation & Whisky Stocks' at Glenmorangie
Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction Festivals & shows How to use this guide PART ONE ENGLAND 01 West Country Cornwall Devon 02 Southwest Dorset Gloucestershire Somerset 03 South Berkshire Buckinghamshire Hampshire Isle of Wight Oxfordshire Wiltshire 04 Greater London London Surrey 05 Southeast Kent East & West Sussex 06 Midlands Derbyshire Herefordshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Shropshire Staffordshire Warwickshire 07 East Anglia Cambridgeshire Essex Norfolk Suffolk 08 North County Durham Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside Northumberland The Yorkshires Tyne & Wear PART TWO WALES 09 Wales Carmarthenshire Conwy Ceredigion Gwynedd Monmouthshire Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf PART THREE SCOTLAND 10 Southern Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Scottish Borders 11 Arran, Glasgow & Stirling Arran Glasgow Stirling 12 East Lothian, Edinburgh & Midlothian East Lothian Edinburgh & Midlothian 13 East Scotland Dundee & Angus Fife Perth and Kinross 14 Aberdeenshire & Moray Aberdeenshire Moray 15 Argyll & the Isles Argyll & Bute Campbeltown Colonsay Islay Jura Mull 16 Highlands & Islands Highlands Orkney Shetland Western Isles Glossary Location index Category index
