WHISKEY BURN: THE DISTILLERIES OF IRELAND BY VESPA
Why are so many distilleries popping up in Ireland at the moment? One man and his Vespa set off to find out.
Birdsall takes us on a 3-week camping tour around the island of Ireland to visit the established, newly established and yet-to-be-established distilleries.
Travelling on his trusty, 1979, classic Vespa 50, touring the whiskey distilleries, painting, sketching, sampling the produce back at the campsites, this already established travel writer opens the doors to a new generation of Irish whiskey distilleries.
It is a travelogue, a pictorial record, a guide to the new faces and new landscapes of distilling in Ireland, and an amusing, engaging read that no whiskey enthusiast’s bookshelf should be without.
“Delightful and enjoyable read. If you want to know about the renaissance in Irish whiskey this is the book” – John Teeling
“This is a book well worth having” – Séamus Ó Drisceoil, Cape Clear Distillery
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born into an English/Irish family in 1967, artist and writer Ben Birdsall grew up between the two countries before moving to Italy to study painting. His literary works began with an Irish novel, Blue Charm, followed by a series of Vespa-tour books including Tuscany by Vespa, Umbria by Vespa, and Whisky Burn – Distilleries of Scotland by Vespa: the Highlands and Islands.
ISBN: 978-94-93066-00-7 Date Published: 8th November, 2018
Publisher: Wittenborg University Press Format: 365 pages, Illustrated Price: €29.99
Website: www.whiskyburn.com