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The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey
David Haskell
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Description for The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey
Hardback. A spirited, richly illustrated look into America's age-old love affair with whiskey, the book is an introduction to how whiskey is manufactured and produced; an investigation into its history; a tour through contemporary whiskey culture; and a memoir of the author's own experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Given how frequently it’s consumed, whiskey is surprisingly misunderstood. People love it but are often strangers to it. The difference between scotch and bourbon, between pot and column distillation, even between brewing and distilling—it’s all a little hazy, even for many brown liquor enthusiasts. David and Colin see the self-consciousness at every tour they conduct at their Brooklyn distillery: People who love bourbon enough to pay them a visit often have no idea how to talk about what they like to drink. The book is a guide to American whiskey—not simply a taxonomy of brands and types, but also an ... Read more
Given how frequently it’s consumed, whiskey is surprisingly misunderstood. People love it but are often strangers to it. The difference between scotch and bourbon, between pot and column distillation, even between brewing and distilling—it’s all a little hazy, even for many brown liquor enthusiasts. David and Colin see the self-consciousness at every tour they conduct at their Brooklyn distillery: People who love bourbon enough to pay them a visit often have no idea how to talk about what they like to drink. The book is a guide to American whiskey—not simply a taxonomy of brands and types, but also an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abrams
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781419709906
SKU
V9781419709906
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Ref
99-50
About David Haskell
Colin Spoelman and David Haskell, both 33 and graduates of Yale, are the founders of Kings County Distillery: the oldest whiskey distillery in New York City and the first since prohibition. Colin, a former rooftop moonshiner from Kentucky and David, the great-grandson of a prohibition-era bootlegger from New York, formed one of the first urban distilleries in the country in ... Read more
Reviews for The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey
The moonshining world is notoriously full of orally-perpetuated misinformation and the legitimate whiskey industry is full of marketing lies and half-truths; Spoelman and Haskell have thankfully defied those traditions and released an educational book of honesty and transparency.
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