Book Reviews Winter 2018
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 Fuss Over Water
Water is an essential part of any spirit, and in many cases, a distiller’s chosen water will make up more than 50% of their final product. As such, many producers emphasize the source of their water, whether from glaciers,...
Bitter Spirits
Stalks of grayish green herbs hang from the ceiling, as they have since they were picked the previous year and set to dry. One by one, the man pulls down each stalk and delicately strips the dry leaves and...
Ingredient Spotlight: Salt
Salt: good old sodium chloride. It brings flavor to food and has been the object of armed rebellions and wars on most of the Earth’s continents. But what has it got to do with spirits? Beyond its use as...
A History of Rye in the US: Part I
Virginia lays claim to the birthplace of American distilled spirits as the first batch of whiskey, albeit from corn, was documented to have been produced as early as 1620 by English settler George Thorpe near Jamestown. Rye’s presence and...
Book Reviews
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...
