Aquatic Botanicals
Many renowned spirits attach their pedigree to their water source, from Jack Daniel’s using Cave Spring Hollow’s limestone-filtered water to contrasts between whiskeys: Speyside distilleries in the Spey River watershed and the Lakes Distillery distilling the River Derwent having...
Gin, in the Australian Style
In the Summer 2016 issue of Distiller, the concept of Australian Gin, or Bush Gin, as a style in its own right was discussed. Since then, the research has been ongoing and has included a tasting of a wide...
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...
Spice up your rum
Spiced rum is the beach in a bottle, a dash of pirate in a cocktail, or a sophisticated and eminently palatable spirit to sip. With this wealth of guises it is no surprise that spiced rum is increasingly popular....
Apple Brandy
Various ‘testimonials’ could be gathered showing that George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Fox and other personages either made, drank, or sold apple brandy or did all three or express themselves upon the merits of it, but it...
Bring Back the Medicine
As imbibers, we saunter up to a bar and ask for our medicine with a sagacious smirk. The bartender knows what we mean. Libations have been affectionately referred to as “medicine” for as long as they have existed. From...
Four Book Reviews from Winter 2016 Distiller
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...
Fall 2016 Book Reviews
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,...