Colin Spoelman, David Haskell, Kings County Distillery

Dead Distillers (eBook, ePUB)

A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits. Dead Distillers presents 50 fascinating-and sometimes morbid-biographies from this historic trade's bygone days, including farmers, scientists, oligarchs, criminals, and the occasional US president. Readers may be surprised to find the names George Washington, Henry Frick, or Andrew Mellon alongside the usual suspects long associated with booze-Jasper "Jack" Daniel, Jim Beam, and Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle. From the Whiskey Rebellion to Prohibition to the recent revival of craft spirits, the history of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits remains an important part of Americana. Featuring historical photos, infographics, walking-tour maps, and noteworthy vintage newspaper clippings, Dead Distillers is a rich visual and textual reference to a key piece of American history-and a spirited portrait of the unusual and storied origins of forgotten drunkenness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abrams
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781613128893
• Artikelnr.: 44957873

Autorenporträt

Colin Spoelman is co-founder and distiller at Kings County Distillery, New York City's premier craft whiskey producer, and has written The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining and Dead Distillers about American whiskey. He grew up in the moonshine (not the bourbon) part of Kentucky and graduated from Yale University.