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The men joked about whether they could have a drink in hospital - when Mr Shinda's daughter said her father "likes his malts".

The drink was a Laphroaig whisky - a smoky, peaty Scottish malt, like pouring a wistful but rather melancholy highland walk into a tumbler.

Sir Geoff's academic work saw him invent the barley abrasion process - which involves deliberately damaging the protective husk of grains to speed up the process of malting.

Missing maps include a malt whisky map of Scotland, and several maps relating to Gogerddan, the principal estate of the old county of Cardiganshire in the 17th century.

Plans to allow English whisky makers to use the term "single malt" have led to a backlash by Scottish distilleries and politicians.