This is the long-awaited fully revised, expanded, and updated fifth edition of the bestselling Michael Jackson's Malt Whisky Companion. Michael Jackson is acknowledged as the world authority on malt whisky - and his new trade mark, The Whisky Chaser, will soon become familiar to whisky drinkers the world over. During the last two years, Michael Jackson has revisitied every distillery producing single malts, and the information found in his A-Z of distilleries reflects these in-depth researches. Also included with each entry are Michael Jackson's engrossing tasting notes (close on 1,000 for this edition) - and his highly-regarded scorings for every new bottling or expression of single malt that has appeared since the last edition in 1999. Michael Jackson has also written a masterly new introduction that reflects his most recent researches into the development of the spirit's flavours, its origins, and the story of production of whisky from earliest times to the present day. This is one book we get continuous reader feedback on: indeed some DK authors - we protect their anonymity - have even delighted in telling us how, with an almost religious fervour, they have worked their way through tasting the whiskies presented by the Whisky Chaser himself. Now with this fabulous new edition they will have a further 200 whiskies to discover