Charles MacLean

58 books • 9 series

Charles MacLean has been described by The Times as "Scotland's leading whisky expert." He has been researching and writing about whisky for 35 years, and has published 15 books on the subject, including Malt Whisky, which won a Glenfiddich Award, and Whisky: A Liquid History, which won "Wine & Spirits Book of the Year" in the James Beard Awards 2005 and "Best Drinks Book" in the International Food Media Awards 2005. He was founding editor of Whisky Magazine (1997), contributes regularly to many publications, and has written historical and promotional materials for all the leading Scotch whisky companies. He is a member of the Judging Panel (Spirits) of the International Wines & Spirits Competition, was runner-up as "Communicator of the Year" in the 2003 IWSC Awards, and won "Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Scotch Whisky" in the 2012 Awards. He was elected a Keeper of the Quaich in 1992, and elevated to Master of the Quaich in 2009.
Aug 14, 2025
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The Story of Whisky

Aug 1, 2023
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Only

Oct 26, 2018
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An Excursion in France, and Other Parts of the Continent of Europe; From the Cessation of Hostilities in 1801, to the 13th of December 1803

Oct 5, 2017
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30-Second Whisky (30 Second)

Sep 7, 2017
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Scotland's Secret History

Sep 1, 2017
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Know It All Whiskey (Know It All)

Nov 16, 2015
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Famous for a Reason

Oct 1, 2015
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Spirit of Place

May 14, 2014
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World Whiskey

May 5, 2014
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A View of the Consequences of Laying Open the Trade to India to Private Ships; With Some Remarks on the Nature of the East India Company's Rights to

Apr 22, 2013
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Results of an investigation respecting epidemic and pestilential diseases

Apr 15, 2013
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Malt Whisky: The Complete Guide

May 1, 2012
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Practical Illustrations of the Progress of Medical Improvement for the Last Thirty Years

Feb 1, 2012
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An Excursion in France; And Other Parts of the Continent of Europe from the Cessation of Hostilities in L80l, to the 13th of December 1803. Including a Narrative of the Unprecedented Detention of the English Travellers in That Country, as Prisoners of War

Feb 1, 2012
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The Affairs of Asia Considered in Their Effects on the Liberties of Britain; In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Marquis Wellesley, Late Governor-General of India, Including a Correspondence with the Government of Bengal, Under That Nobleman, and a Na

Jan 13, 2012
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Evils of Quarantine Laws, and Non-Existence of Pestilential Contagion; Deduced from the Phaenomena of the Plague of the Levant, the Yellow Fever of Spain, and the Cholera Morbus of Asia

Jan 1, 2012
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Results of an Investigation, Respecting Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases (Volume 2); Including Researches in the Levant, Concerning the Plague

Aug 22, 2011
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Evils of Quarantine Laws, and Non-Existence of Pestilential Contagion

May 1, 2011
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Suggestions for the Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases, Comprehending T

Sep 22, 2010
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Whiskypedia

Aug 6, 2010
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To the British inhabitants of India. Having on the 10th instant received a peremptory order from the ... Governor General in Council, to return to Europe, by the Mildred, a ship now under despatch

Jul 24, 2010
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The Appeal of a Free Spaniard to the Public Opinion of Europe; Exhibiting Traits of Unexampled and Unchristian Perfidy on the Part of the

Feb 1, 2010
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Maclean

Aug 19, 2009
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The Appeal of a Free Spaniard to the Public Opinion of Europe