The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00BQKIDVQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart" according to Jane Eyre. I must admit, the sample page of the introduction was about gin which caught my interest. I am fond of a nice gin, but alas, these days, I am not able to imbibe. The book has recipes for many basic drinks, some, like the aforementioned gin, and some were novel to me. It is a dictionary-style compendium of history and facts of each type of alcohol and the beverages made with them, from v. "What a fun book !!" according to Jeri Zerr. I'm NOT a heavy drinker by any stretch of the imagination considering I consume less than a dozen adult beverages a year, in fact I use far more liquor in my alcohol based cleaners and home DIY products but this is such a fun book! If you have any interest in the history and origins of vodka, gin, rum, whiskey and more, this is the absolute best book I've encountered. Tonic has quinine . lilcreative said Fascinating Tour. Intriguing read. I dabble a bit in making bitters, limoncello, and various types of meads and honey wines, and this book provided a fascinating tour of the history of alcohol, while introducing other intriguing social facts, like how slave trade grew to harvest sugar for rum; there's also some wonderful recipes, a fantastic discussion on what defines a top shelf alcohol, and even a hist
Molasses was an essential ingredient of American independence when outrage over a mandate to buy British rather than French molasses for New World rum-making helped kindle the American Revolution. Sake began with a grain of rice. Some of the most extraordinary and obscure plants have been fermented and distilled, and they each represent a unique cultural contribution to global drinking traditions and our history. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi). Scotch emerged from barley. Captain James Cook harvested the young, green tips of spruce trees to make a vitamin C-rich beer t