Spirituous Journey: A History of Drink - Softcover

Jared McDaniel Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908337095 ISBN 13: 9781908337092

Publisher: Clearview, 2011

Synopsis

What role did Scotch whisky play in the development of the steam engine Who first coined the word "alcohol" Spirits and drink historians Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown know. They have been on a spirituous journey since they first launched their web site Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of the Martini and the book by the same name. Fifteen years of travel around the world, a few worn out library cards, and thousands of pages of undiscovered research later, they have amassed their findings in the two-volume work, Spirituous Journey: A History of Drink. This initial volume opens with the surprising discovery that ancient Arabic term "al kol" had two appropriate definitions long before Europeans learnt to distill alcohol: "1: a genie or spirit that takes on varied shapes (a supernatural creature in Arab mythology). 2: Any drug or substance that takes away the mind or covers it." From there, the authors trace the birth of spirits from China, to India, to Persia, through Europe and on to the New World. What did people do with these potent potables long before the Cocktail was ever heard of Miller and Brown explore the centuries-old origins of classic mixed drinks. But they don't stop there. Spirits and the drinks made with them have close ties to some of civilisation's landmark periods including the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Mongol, and Persian Empires as well as major historical events including the Crusades, Little Ice Age, The Black Death, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. Published by Mixellany Limited, this illustrated black-and-white edition also introduces the cast of hundreds who inspired and developed the alcoholic beverage industry from Geber and Rhazes to Doctors Mirabilis and Universalis, from Pope Sylvester II to Pope Clement V; from Paul Revere to George Washington

About this title

About the Author:

Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller are responsible for the Mixologist series of cocktail journals and the republishing such classics as the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book. They write for World's Best Bars and are the "cocktails gurus" for the on-trade website, Drinkology. They are also regular contributors to Imbibe and CLASS magazines in London and Mixology magazine in Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clearview
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1908337095
• ISBN 13: 9781908337092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160