Geography or Gastronomy?The usual way to look at malts is geographically. If this is how you would like to study them, I would direct you towards Jim Murray’s excellent Classic Whisky Guide Personally I focus on when; not where: do they go with food? Celebration or contemplation? Aperitif or digestif? The late great Michael Jackson – the drinks writer, not the Grammy award winning singer – used to include such suggestions in his roundup of a distillery’s house style: we may disagree with his conclusions but not their aim. At this point we offer ideas matching malt to occasion: as with tastings, so with these – they’re not ‘right’, just personal views.
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, which breaks Scotland into eight regions.
