WHISKEY OPUS WHISKEY OPUS GAVIN D. SMITH & DOMINIC ROSKROW with contributions by DAVIN DE KERGOMMEAUX & JÜRGEN DEIBEL LONDON • NEW YORK MELBOURNE • MUNICH • DELHI DK LONDON Senior Editor Alastair Laing US Editors Shannon Beatty, Christine Heilman Project Art Editor Kathryn Wilding Editorial Assistants David Fentiman, Iska Lupton, Christopher Mooney Design Assistant Jade Wheaton Managing Editor Dawn Henderson Managing Art Editor Christine Keilty Senior Jackets Creative Nicola Powling Jackets Assistant Rosie Levine Senior Production Editor Jennifer Murray Senior Production Controller Jen Lockwood Creative Technical Support Sonia Charbonnier Cartography Martin Darlison at Encompass Graphics Ltd DK INDIA Senior Editor Dorothy Kikon Senior Art Editor Balwant Singh Art Editor Anjan Dey Assistant Art Editor Karan Chaudhary Managing Editor Glenda Fernandes Managing Art Editor Navidita Thapa Senior DTP Designer Pushpak Tyagi DTP Designer Saurabh Chhalaria CTS Manager Sunil Sharma First American Edition 2012 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 12 13 14 15 16 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–183116–Sept/2012 Copyright © 2012 Dorling Kindersley Limited All rights reserved Without limiting the rights reserved under copyright above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-7566-9833-1 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 or [email protected]. Color reproduction by Scanhouse UK, MDP, and Steve Crozier Printed and bound in China by Hung Hing Discover more at www.dk.com CONTENTS Introduction 6 SCOTLAND 30 Speyside 34 Highlands 76 Islay & The Islands 118 Campbeltown & The Lowlands 146 IRELAND 158 UNITED STATES 170 CANADA 202 JAPAN 216 EUROPE 230 Sweden 234 England 236 Wales 238 Spain 240 France 241 Belgium 244 The Netherlands 246 Germany 248 Austria 252 Switzerland 254 Liechtenstein 257 NEW WORLD 260 Australia 262 New Zealand 276 South Africa 278 India 280 Pakistan 283 Taiwan 284 Glossary 286 Index 288 Acknowledgments 299 INTRODUCTION