Want to learn to homebrew? Then get this book. The author, Daniel Ironside, is an experienced homebrewer. The book lays out in straightforward and lucid prose the what and how of making beer from the simplest recipes (Summertime Blonde) toContinue readingIdiot’s Guide to Homebrewing
The craft beer scene in Ohio is getting better and better. One sign of it’s impressive growth is this: a book has been written on it. Rick Armon reports: “Ohio’s Craft Beers ($18.95, Black Squirrel Books, an imprint of KentContinue readingKent State Professor and Priest Authors Book on Ohio Beers
“It should not be forgotten,” writes historian Ellen NicKenzie Lawson, “that one possible derivation of the word Manhattan is the Native-American word manahachtanienk, which translates as ‘place of general inebriation.’” It thus should not surprise that when the federal governmentContinue readingHow Manhattan Made a Mockery of Prohibition
“It should not be forgotten,” writes historian Ellen NicKenzie Lawson, “that one possible derivation of the word Manhattan is the Native-American word Manahachtanienk, which translates as ‘place of general inebriation.’” So, when politicians in Washington, DC decided to impose Prohibition onContinue readingHow Liquor Got Into Manhattan During Prohibition
Well, this is fun. Two Shakespeare scholars have a released a cocktail book, Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas (2015). “Each original cocktail and hors d’oeuvre recipe connects Shakespeare’s characters to life’s daily predicaments.” For example, you can “DrownContinue readingShakespeare and Cocktails
Add this #whiskeyporn to your Amazon Wishlist. It’s a lushly illustrated, quick-flip through American Whiskey history. Definitely a great gift for the Bourbon-lover and booze hounds generally. Read more about it here.