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Book Review: The Whiskey Rebellion

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Whiskey history is simply history. Alexander Hamilton served as Secretary of the Treasury and schemed to pay down the national debt by imposing an excise tax on the distillation of whiskey. Crytzer tells the story of this early chaos in The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis.

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From Peat to Mesquite, American Whiskey Gets Fired Up

Imbibe Magazine

An unassuming industrial park off Interstate 10 near downtown Tucson is the birthplace of some of the most flavorful whiskey in America. Whiskey Del Bac , a craft distillery founded in 2011, makes single malts richly smoked with mesquite, a flavor that co-founder Stephen Paul calls “the signature aroma of the desert Southwest.”

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Review: Little Book Blended Whiskey Chapter 8: “Path Not Taken” (2024)

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The 8th year of Beam Little Book releases has arrived, and while last year we were invited to consider Little Book “In Retrospect,” now we journey onto the “Path Not Taken,” which is a reimagining of American rye whiskey designed to showcase, in essence, that rye is not as boring and same-same today as you might think it is.

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Inside Look: The Aladdin Sane, Detroit

Imbibe Magazine

The cocktail bar, an Imbibe 75 Place to Watch , is tucked beneath the restored, 1920s-era Book Tower in downtown Detroit. Sip on the Sake & Strange Divine, a Martini-style sake-based drink made with gin, rice whiskey, sushi rice, shiso, and garnished with caviar. Stokes Architecture + Design and hospitality group Method Co.

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Book Review: The Bourbon Drinker’s Companion

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When I decided to become a whiskey hobbyist, I chose to build my knowledge through books. There’s just something about holding a book in my hands that helps me soak it all up. As of this moment, I’ve entered 478 books into my head regarding beverage alcohol history.

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Book Review: Behind Bars

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The two together with the a new book that is sure to steal the attention of lovers of libations: Behind Bars: True Crime Stories of Whiskey Heists, Beer Bandits, and Fake Million-Dollar Wines. It’s the follow-up to his first book released in July 2023, Cask Strength: The Story of the Barrel, the Secret Ingredient in Your Drink.

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Book Review: Bourbon Land

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Lee’s Bourbon Land: A Spirited Love Letter to My Old Kentucky Whiskey targets a crowd that has not necessarily given a lot of prior thought to the beauty of bourbon as a beverage. Lee has penned a book that details the splendor of bourbon through the lens of a fine ingredient for cooking.

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