Book Reviews

The Nano Distillery: The Future of Distilling Compiled and edited by Brad Plummer and Andrew Faulkner (Hayward: White Mule Press, 2018) 148 pages $25.00 ISBN: 9781732235403 New from ADI’s White Mule Press, The Nano Distillery is a must read for anyone thinking of opening a...

A list of essential books recommended by ADI president and founder Bill Owens: Bitterman’s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari: 500 Bitters; 50 Amari; 123 Recipes for Cocktails, Food & Homemade Bitters by Mark Bitterman. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2015. ISBN 1449470696. Bitters and...

Julep: Southern Cocktails Refashioned Alba Huerta and Marah Stets (California: Lorena Jones Books, 2018). 240 pages ISBN: 9780760351734 $25.00 Named Bartender of the Year in 2014 by Imbibe magazine, Alba Huerta is the co-founder of The Pastry War and Julep in Houston, Texas. Julep opened in...

The Gin dictionary: An A-Z of All Things Gin, from Juniper Berries to the G & T David T. Smith London: Mitchell Beazley, 2018 ISBN: 9781784723989 256 pages; Hardcover $19.99 David T. Smith has written four books on gin, is the author of the gin...

Calvados: The Spirit of Normandy Charles Neal San Francisco: Board and Bench Publishing, 2011 ISBN: 9780615446400 766 pages, Hardcover $60 from the publisher Charles Neal is the owner of Charles Neal Selections, an importer and distributor based in San Francisco, CA, and the author of...

Shots of Knowledge: The Science of Whiskey Rob Arnold and Eric Simanek Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2016 160 pages ISBN: 9780875656540 $35.00 Rob Arnold and Eric Simanek are the authors of Shots of Knowledge: The Science of Whiskey. Arnold was born in Louisville and is...

The Cocktail Chronicles: Navigating the Cocktail Renaissance with Jigger, Shaker & Glass Paul Clark Nashville: Spring House Press, 2015 200 pages ISBN 9781940611174 $24.95 Paul Clarke is Executive Editor of Imbibe magazine, author of the drinks blog The Cocktail Chronicles, and writer of numerous articles...

Bitterman’s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari: 500 Bitters, 50 Amari, 123 Recipes for Cocktails, Food and Homemade Bitters Mark Bitterman Andrew McMeel Publishing, 2015 216 pages ISBN 9781449470692 $25.00 Mark Bitterman is the author of Bitterman’s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari: 500 Bitters,...

Distilled Stories: California Artisans Behind the Spirits Edited by Capra Press, 2016 Softcover/256 pages ISBN 978-1592661060 $20.00 Distilled Stories: California Artisans Behind the Spirits (edited by Capra Press) recounts the stories of 32 California distillers and how they came to make distilling their profession....

Bourbon Curious: A Simple Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker Fred Minnick Zenith Press, 2015 240 pages ISBN 978-0760347409 $22.99 Fred Minnick writes for the Wall Street Journal and other publications, and he is the author of Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How...