Bourbon

Popular history with a whiskey soaked edge Bourbon is Dane Huckelbridge s artful and imaginative biography of our most well liked, and at times controversial, spirit, that is also a witty and entertaining chronicle of the United States itself.Few commodities figure as prominently or as intimately in the story of the nation as bourbon whiskey Its primary ingredient was discovered by Christopher Columbus Its recipe was perfected on the Western frontier In 1964, Congress passed a resolution declaring it to be a distinctive product of the United States First brewed by pioneers in in the backwoods of Appalachia, bourbon whiskey has become a modern multi billion dollar international industry today As Dane Huckelbridge reveals, the Kentucky spirit the only liquor produced from corn is the American experience, distilled, aged, and sealed in a bottle.In telling the story of bourbon, Huckelbridge takes us on a lively tour across three hundred years Introducing the fascinating people central to its creation and evolution, he illuminates the elusive character of the nation itself Interweaving the development of bourbon to America s own rise, his engaging and unique study is popular history at its best, offering a lively and informative look at our past through a hilariously thick pair of whiskey bottle glasses. Download Bourbon – kino-fada.fr It wasn t BAD but it didn t really grab me I like drinking bourbon better than I like reading about it, apparently.This was such a fantastic book I loved it and give it two enthusiastic thumbs up And Bourbon isn t just for bourbon aficionados Yes, the book focuses on bourbon, but it covers quite a bit of American history as it goes, making for an entertaining read for history lovers too I picked this up because I m married to a ...When I poured through my massive American History text in high school, there was a mere glossing over on the role of whiskey in the Whiskey Rebellion as well as the correlating taxes that would help shape the financial infrastructure of our fledgling country Mentions of whiskey were peppered throughout the pages, but I now know that I could not have possibly begin to comprehend or appreciate the scope of the impact of bourbon without having actually tasted and savored it Huckelbridge s tone th When I poured through my massive American History text in high school, there was a mere glossing over on the role of whiskey in the Whiskey Rebellion as well as the correlating taxes that would help shape the financial infrastructure of our fledgling country Mentions of whiskey were peppered throughout the pages, but I now know that I could not have possibly begin to comprehend or appreciate the scope of the impact of bourbon without having actually tasted and savored it Huckelbridge s tone throughout the book is informative, eloquent, and at times casual, making it accessible to folks from many walks of life He...This sumbitch can write What an intensely packed and informational tract on the dubiously noble are of distillation I d love to meet this fella and throw back a few This was such an enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining a read Please get it particularly if you ...There s popular history and then there s popular history This was, sadly, the later I found Huckelbridge s book at best shallow and at worst a simple account of bourbon s past and it s relationship to the American spirit The book s footnotes were interesting but I found the book as a whole under sourced or at least the citation list was thi...This book was fantastic The delicious combination of the history of the United States told right along side the history of what can be argued is America s drink Like Jazz and Blues in Music, Bourbon is American starting and continuing in the stills in Kentucky and Tennessee, the rise of this spirit was at Mt Vernon with George Washington who made is own and sold it It continued with us thru the Revolutionary War, thru our battles with Britain, thru our own Civil War it has been alo This book was fantastic The delicious combination of the history of the United States told right along side ...Never dreamed that a non drinker like me could have so much fun reading a book about hooch Mr Huckelbridge has an engaging and completely irreverent style that grabs you on page 1 and won t let you go The history of bourborn is a history of Kentucky hill country, yes but it also provides a history lesson about politics and social po...An interesting story docked a notch for the author s too flowery writing style.This is an American book written by an American for an American audience thus the often repeated possessive adjective our as in our country , our Founding Fathers etc It is permissible however for non Americans such as myself to read this without permission or a passport If those two sentences seem rather flippant and casual that s the style of this interesting survey of an alcoholic spirit whose name is inextricably tied in with the U.S and its history ...Great bookWell written, very interesting, lots of facts and humorous too A very enjoyable read If like bourbon, this book is for you.

• English
• 16 January 2017
Dane Huckelbridge
• Hardcover
• 278 pages
• 0062241397
• Dane Huckelbridge
• Bourbon