Michael Jackson's Complete Guide To Single Malt Scotch

This book is a great read and contains a huge amount of useful information. I have really enjoyed reading all the history of Scotch whisky, the details of how it's been made and matured, and the nuances of they many aspects of Scotch.

I find that some of my very favorite single malts are not among those that Jackson rates most highly, but that doesn't make the book less useful to me for anything except for using the ratings as a guide when browsing the Scotch sections of my local stores. I can garner enough from his descriptions of the characteristics of the many rated Scotch whiskies to make good decisions in terms of trying bottlings that are new to me.

Great book--I can see that I will need to keep up with new editions going forward, so I can read about Jackson's take on the latest bottlings along my Scotch journey.

Each of Jackson's Guides to Single Malt have been extremely informative and useful as well as a good read.

Jackson approaches his subject with equal measures of knowledgeability and love--and both are abundantly reflected in this latest edition of a now standard guide. After perusing the work, I relinquished it for the purpose of my purchase: as a birthday gift for a good friend. He reports that he was in no way disappointed. I doubt that many readers would be.

He loves this book and refers to it often when he has purchased another different single malt scotch. Highly recommend.

One of the greatest books to read on the can. My only complaint is that Michael Jackson hasn't been drinking enough. There are still many single malts out there that aren't in the book. i.e. Glenlivet Nadurra 16, which is an absolute stunner. However, if you're just entering the world of single malts, this book is like having Sam Wise Gamji by your side to stop you from imbibing grocery store labeled alcohol.