This comprehensive guide to whiskey-making tells the history of the spirit and answers age-old questions like what makes whiskey whiskey, but also serves as a manual to making homemade whiskey, including recipes and suggestions.
This comprehensive guide to whiskey-making tells the history of the spirit and answers age-old questions like what makes whiskey whiskey, but also serves as a manual to making homemade whiskey, including recipes and suggestions.
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol--an integral part of daily …
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol-an integral part of daily l…
Traces the history and lore of moonshine from its pioneer origins, through prohibition, to today's artisanal libations, offering instructions for building a still, basic distilling techniques, and dozens of recipes.
"White lightning, firewater, hausgemacht ... call it what you will, if it's liquor made in secret and outside the law, it's moonshine--a time honored institution ... This richly illustrated, entertaining history and how-to, liberally sprinkled with quotes, song lyrics, and vinta…