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RECOMMENDED READINg
TECHNICAL DISTILLINg bOOkS:
1. Whiskey: Technology, Production and Marketing, edited by Inge Russell, Charles Bamforth, and Graham Stewart; ISBN 9780126692020. (Highly recommended).
2. Fermented Beverage Production, Second edition (paperback); by Andrew G.H. Lea, editor and John R. Piggott, editor.
3. Fundametal of Distillery Practice, by Herman F. Willkie and Joseph A. Prochaska; published by Joseph e. Segram & Sons; 1943.
4. The Science and Technology of Whiskies, edited by J. R. Piggott, R. e. Duncan, & R. Sharp. ISBN 9780582044289.
5. Distilled Beverage Flavour, edited by J.R. Piggott and A. Patterson; ellis Horwood Series in Food Science and Technology. (This isn’t for beginners).
6. The Alcohol Textbook, is sold out. Order the CD http://www.murtagh. com/textbook-4-CD.html
7. The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom, by Alfred Barnard; 1887. This was reprinted in 1969 and again more recently.
8. The Manufacture of Whiskey and Plain Spirit, by J.A. Nettleton; 1913 and his 8 other books published from 1881 to 1897.
9. Illicit Scotch, by S.W. Sillett; 1965.
10. The Scotch Whiskey Industry Record, by H. Charles Craig; 1994 ISBN 0
9522646 0 9.
bOOkS FOR THE START up DISTILLER:
1. Making Pure Corn Whiskey, by Ian Smiley. Ian also wrote the how to section of this book. ISBN 0-9686292-1-0; www.home-distilling.com
2. The Complete Distiller, by Mike McCaw; www.amphora-society.com
3. Alcohol Distiller’s Handbook, Desert Publications; info@deltapress.com
4. Distiller’s Manual, available from www.qualitybooks.com. Old but a good “history” read.
5. Practical Distiller, Samual M’Harry; www.raudins.com/brewbooks (http://www.raudins.com/brewbooks). Reprint of 1809 distilling manual.
6. Cider, A Story Publishing Book; 800-793-9396
7. Whiskey, by Michael Jackson; 0-7894-9710-7; www.dk.com.
8. Moonshine Made Simple, by Byron Ford; byronfordbooks@hotmail.com 9. How to Brew, by John Palmer; www.beertown.org.