Moonshine!: Recipes * Tall Tales * Drinking Songs * Historical Stuff * Knee-Slappers * How to Make It * How to Drink It * Pleasin the Law * Recoverin the Next Day
Description
Now here’s a volume you can really drink to! Something’s brewing in these
pages, and it’s moonshine—a word that evokes fascination, curiosity, and a
warm sense of nostalgia. Never before has there been such a richly
illustrated, thorough, and entertaining celebration of the history of making
fine distilled spirits. Take a trip through moonshining’s past: travel from
its beginnings as a pioneer staple to the dark days of prohibition, from
quickly produced urban rotgut to today’s carefully handcrafted artisanal
libations. Get in on the fun with how-to instructions that take into account
all legal regulations and requirements before covering ingredients, building a
still, basic distilling techniques, and dozens of recipes, all adapted for the
beginner. Whiskies, brandies, grappa, schnapps: they’re all here, along with
dozens of page-turning quotes, song lyrics, and vintage photographs and
illustrations. “Making whisky or brandy is not the least bit difficult. Making
something you’d want to drink…well, that may take some practice.” —Matthew B.
Rowley Read more
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : Union Square & Co.; Illustrated edition (May 1, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1579906486
- ISBN-13 : 81
- Item Weight : 1.22 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.25 x 0.75 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #118,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #72 in Whiskey #163 in Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making #246 in Alcoholic Spirits
- #72 in Whiskey
- #163 in Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making