Category: Appreciation

So, Why Gin?

Ever wonder what it would be like to start and run a small distillery? AJ Temple, award-winning gin distiller and family man, brings readers into his distillery and home life to explore what it takes to create a successful distillery....
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Appreciating Whisky: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Nosing, Tasting and Enjoying Scotch

Appreciating Whisky offers the reader detailed, structured knowledge on how to develop his or her palate for whisky. Readers are first taken on a detailed tour of how whisky is produced, what each of its constituents and each of the...
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The Maturation of Distilled Spirits: Vision & Patience

The Maturation of Distilled Spirits: Vision & Patience brings the respected author’s lifetime of experience to bear on the life of a well-crafted spirit. This book is about the aging of a spirit—its life in a barrel. Hubert Germain-Robin details...
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Forgotten Spirits & Long Lost Liqueurs

Forgotten Spirits and Long Lost Liqueurs by David T. Smith looks at the obscure and vanished ingredients of drink recipes from the golden era of cocktails. Smith examines the history and resurgence of spirits, bitters, and liqueurs like Old Tom...
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The Craft and Culture of Artisan Schnaps

The Craft and Culture of Artisan Schnaps tells the story of Austrian Schnaps, one of the distilling world’s great unsung treasures. Wholly different from its American namesake, Austrian Schnaps is distilled directly from fermented fruit, much like eau-de-vie, grappa, and...
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Labels & Bottles of the Craft Spirits Industry

A collection of labels and bottles from distillers in the U.S and Canada. There is plenty of creativity to inspire anyone considering marketing their product and just a fun and diverse collection of label art for anyone interested in art,...
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99 Pot Stills

The pot still is a distinctive characteristic of the craft distilling industry. Now, with over 350 craft distilleries in the USA, pot stills are scattered throughout the country, in many different settings. Each still is carefully attended to and adapted...
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Traditional Distillation Art & Passion

Author, Hubert Germain-Robin is a world-class master distiller and master blender. He is recognized and respected for his brandies and eaux de vie. Here he addresses the conditions a craft distiller must be mindful of in the vineyard, the winery...
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Spirits & Liqueurs

Originally published in 1982, this beautifully illustrated book is timeless. Instructive text introduces you to the most popular spirits, their history and secrets of distillation. Spirits & Liqueurs takes you around the world to explore rums, vodkas, whiskies and liqueurs...
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