Wine category: 1427 books
by Ian Buxton
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
101 World Whiskies To Try Before You Die is the companion guide to 2010's 101 Whiskies To Try Before You Die. Ian Buxton again eschews the obvious whiskies and recommends another 101 whiskies that he believes every whisky lover should taste. In Ian Buxton's new collection of whisky recommendations...
by Ben Handicott, Kalya Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years,Lonely Planet's 50 Bars To Blow Your Mind handpicks the world's most extraordinary drinking holes, from caverns and island party havens to a bar nestled in an ancient tree trunk.
This...
by Allen Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
The success of today's whisky industry was based largely on the commercial drive and foresight of a select group of whisky merchants who took the business world by storm in the late-18th and early-19th centuries. As the manufacture of blended whisky took off, the likes of Tommy Dewar, Thomas Buchanan,...
High Spirits
The Legacy Bars of San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
The best places to imbibe in San Francisco
Community, heritage, architecture-oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. *High Spirits *leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood pub crawl in search of the city's most remarkable nightspots. Atmospheric...
Chasing the White Dog
An Amateur Outlaw's Adventures in Moonshine
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
In Chasing the White Dog, journalist Max Watman traces the historical roots and contemporary story of hooch. He takes us to the backwoods of Appalachia and the gritty nip joints of Philadelphia, from a federal courthouse to Pocono Speedway, profiling the colorful characters who make up white whiskey's...
by David W. Maurer
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
" When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania. The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky. Here they used cold...
Drinking Japan
A Guide to Japan's Best Drinks and Drinking Establishments
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Drinking Japan the first practical Japan travel guide in English, to depict Japan's bars and alcoholic beverages.
Author Chris Bunting goes to tremendous lengths to present Japan's best bars and alcoholic drinks. You will be prepared for your trip with detailed profiles of Japans finest sake,...
Bay Area Cocktails
A History of Culture, Community and Craft
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
An American invention, the cocktail fluctuated in popularity following Prohibition and had firmly taken root in the culinary landscape by the 1990s. The Bay Area played a significant role in reviving it--as much as New York and London. From the distillers who pioneered craft spirits and Alice Waters'...
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life–from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned...
A Proper Drink
The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject.
A Proper Drink is the first-ever book to tell the full, unflinching story of the contemporary craft cocktail revival. Award-winning writer Robert...
The Manhattan Cocktail
A Modern Guide to the Whiskey Classic
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Alongside other classic cocktails such as the Old Fashioned, the Mint Julep, and the Martini, the Manhattan has been a staple of the sophisticated bar scene since the late nineteenth century. Never out of style, this iconic drink has seen a renaissance in the contemporary craft cocktail movement,...
Under the Table
A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
"I love a martini—
But two at the most.
Three, I’m under the table;
Four, I’m under the host."
Raise a glass to Dorothy Parker’s wit and wisdom.
Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, founder and president of the Dorothy Parker Society, gives us an intoxicating new look at the doyenne of the...
Pittsburgh Drinks
A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Pittsburgh's drinking culture is a story of its people: vibrant, hardworking and innovative. During Prohibition, the Hill District became a center of jazz, speakeasies and creative cocktails. In the following decades, a group of Cuban bartenders brought the nightlife of Havana to a robust café culture...
by Ian Buxton
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
We're in the middle of a new Gin Craze. Scarcely a day goes by without an established brand offering a fresh take on their established styles or, more likely, a new boutique distillery opening its doors - where gin is de rigueur. From Adnams to Zuidam; Beefeater to Bombay and London to Plymouth (and...