Behind Bars by Mike Gerrard, publisher of Travel Distilled, is a book of True Crime Stories of Whiskey Heists, Beer Bandits, and Fake Million-Dollar Wines.
After my first drinks book Cask Strength I wanted to come up with another idea for a book about drinks. I’d recently been reading a book about illicit stills in Scotland, and thought that a book about all the crimes associated with the drinks business would be fun to research and write.
Fortunately my agent agreed, and after I’d written a detailed proposal, she found a publisher for me: Prometheus Books. Several months of fun research and writing later, I delivered the book and it was published in November 2024. Here’s the Table of Contents to give you an idea of what’s in the book:
Travel Distilled brings you the story of Bowmore, from its founding on the Scottish island of Islay in 1779 to its modern expressions and production process.
Travel Distilled gives the history of Balblair and describes visiting the Balblair Distillery and taking a tour, with full contact details for booking tours.
Travel Distilled gives the history of Ardbeg and explains about visiting the Ardbeg Distillery and taking a tour, with full contact details for booking tours.
Travel Distilled gives the history of Arbikie and explains about visiting Arbkie Distillery and taking a tour, with full contact details for booking tours.
Travel Distilled gives the history of Aberlour and explains about visiting Aberfeldy Distillery and taking a tour, with full contact details for booking tours.
After my first drinks book Cask Strength I wanted to come up with another idea for a book about drinks. I’d recently been reading a book about illicit stills in Scotland, and thought that a book about all the crimes associated with the drinks business would be fun to research and write.
