Iain Banks is widely acknowledged as one of Britain’s greatest living writers, and as a Scotsman, he knows something about whiskey too. In Raw Spirit, Iain combines these two passions with a third, travel. Result: a unique journey around his native land: his goal, to find the perfect dram. And the perfect dram, surely, must be a single malt.Along with a curious bunch of fellow travelers in a selection of cars, planes, ferries, trains, bikes and shoes, he journeys to remote shores and hidden glens, discovering the breathtaking and often inaccessible distilleries where tiny quantities of malt whiskey are produced. He finds people engaged in centuries old tradition where eccentricity is the norm: it’s a journey of a thousand ‘cheers’ and subsequent wobbly walks, of unpronounceable place names and daft customs and superstitions. Will Banks prevail? It’s a tough job but as Iain puts it, and quot; Someone’s got to do it, and I’m damn sure it’s going to be me. and quot;

Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram by Iain Banks (2004-08-05) PDF

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