Responsible for marketing of the Famous Grouse for 15 years, the author
is in a unique position to record the decline of the malt distillery and
also to look at the remaining distilleries and explain why they survive
today. The story is one of politics, taxation, social history, location,
supply and demand, and sheer perseverance on the part of some. Full of
photos of distilleries old and new, and with a wealth of new information
on distillery, this is the story of the processes involved in the
manufacture of Scotland's biggest single export.