num_pages: 176
description: Now here's a volume you can really drink to! Something's brewing in these pages and it's moonshine--a word that evokes fascination curiosity and a warm sense of nostalgia. Never before has there been such a richly illustrated thorough and entertaining celebration of the history of making fine distilled spirits. Take a trip through moonshining's past: travel from its beginnings as a pioneer staple to the dark days of prohibition from quickly produced urban rotgut to today's carefully handcrafted artisanal libations. Get in on the fun with how-to instructions that take into account all legal regulations and requirements before covering ingredients building a still basic distilling techniques and dozens of recipes all adapted for the beginner. Whiskies brandies grappa schnapps: they're all here along with dozens of page-turning quotes song lyrics and vintage photographs and illustrations.Making whisky or brandy is not the least bit difficult. Making something you'd want to drink...well that may take some practice. --Matthew B. Rowley
language: None
title: Moonshine!
publisher: Lark Books (NC)