About the Author

Masataka Taketsuru (1894-1979) was a Japanese chemist and businessman, born into a family who had owned a sake brewery since 1733.
Ruth A Herd is the Co-ordinator of Mandarin Chinese in the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication, Imperial College, London. Ruth Herd is the Co-ordinator of Mandarin Chinese in the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication at Imperial College, London. She is co-author, with Zhaoxia Pang, of 'Complete Mandarin Chinese',Teach Yourself, 4th edition, 2021.
Alan G Wolstenholme is Honorary Professor at the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Reviews

‘This painstaking translation …. offers a unique and invaluable insight into how distilleries actually operated in early twentieth century Scotland, and as such should be mandatory reading for scholars and enthusiasts alike.’ Nicholas Morgan, Keepers of the Quaich.