The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
How to Make and Drink Whiskey
$40.58
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2013
Summary
A new generation of urban bootleggers is distilling whiskey at home, and cocktail enthusiasts have embraced the nuances of brown liquors. Written by the founders of Kings County Distillery, New York City’s first distillery since Prohibition, this spirited illustrated book explores America’s age-old love affair with whiskey.
It begins with chapters on whiskey’s history and culture from 1640 to today, when the DIY trend and the classic cocktail craze have conspired to make it the next b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781419709906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1419709909 |
| Author: | David Haskell, Colin Spoelman |
| Publisher: | Abrams |
| Imprint: | Abrams |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 580g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 157mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
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. * Serious Eats *
David Haskell
Colin Spoelman, a former rooftop moonshiner from Kentucky, and David Haskell, the great-grandson of a Prohibition-era bootlegger from New York, founded Kings County Distillery in 2010 to make small-scale batches of moonshine, bourbon, and other whiskeys. Spoelman also works in architecture and Haskell is a deputy editor at New York magazine.
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