The History of Whiskey - in 100 Bottles, Barrels, and More

The History of Whiskey: in 100 Bottles, Barrels, and More

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English | October 21, 2025 | ISBN: 1682689107, 9781682689110 | True EPUB | 248 pages | 92.7 MB

Discover the colorful array of people and dynamic innovations that created the “water of life” in this compelling narrative.

In this beautiful volume, award-winning spirits expert Robin Robinson skillfully chronicles the development of whiskey, highlighting a hundred exceptional milestones in its history. The journey begins in antiquity with the simple covered pot and alembic. In the Middle Ages, monks distilled spirits to make medicine. After King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, whiskey distillation shifted from clergy to farmers. Over the centuries, taxes and prohibition took their toll, even sparking the Whiskey Rebellion in the early years of American independence.