- Title: Scotch Whisky A Liquid History
- Author: Charles MacLean
- Year Published: 2005 (Cassell Illustrated)
- Year Purchased: 2009
- Source: A dear friend.
- About: The history of Scotch, covering the years 1494-1994.
- Motivation: This book was a thank you gift from a close friend. My (now) husband and I love Scotch. In fact, my appreciation of and knowledge about the beverage helped him fall in love with me. Although this is the stuff of another story or ten, our mutual love of the drink has been a pretty constant thread in our relationship. Aw, romance!
- Times Read: 1
- Random Excerpt/Page 37: “In 1707 Scotland was one of the poorest and most backward countries in Europe. Agriculture was at the stage it had reached centuries before; manufacturing, as we understand the term, did not exist. Even the gentry lived in relatively straitened circumstances-an average gentlewoman would possess no more than three or four fine dresses throughout her lifetime.”
- Happiness Scale: 9 1/2
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