From the introduction: The Malt Whisky File is the result of many years’ work, tasting and researching malt whiskies. Most of the whiskies tasted are readily available through the whisky specialists, if not through the typical High Street off licence. We have also included some tasting notes which, for most people, are merely of academic interest - either because that particular bottling at that particular age/strength has been superseded by the distiller's/bottler's latest offering or because it is from an extremely limited bottling. Where possible both the modern and older bottlings have been included.