The school of sophisticated drinking
Subtitle: an intoxicating history of seven spirits
By: Kerstin Ehmer & Beate Hindermann ; foreword by Kevin Brauch ; with illustrations by Angela Dwyer ; [translated by Jamie McIntosh]
Contributors: Hindermann, Beate, author; Dwyer, Angela, illustrator; Brauch, Kevin, 1968- author of foreword; McIntosh, Jamie, translator
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781771641197
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Vodka; Rum; Social aspects; Tequila; Liquors; Brandy; Gin; Champagne (Wine); History
Work titles: Victoria Bar, Die Schule der Trunkenheit
Description: "The school of sophisticated drinking" traces the deep-seated lineage of drinking in the social, political, and even scentific developments of our culture. Inspired by an ongoing series of lectures at Berlin's legendary Potsdamer Strasse cocktail den, the Victoria Bar, this comprehensive books delves into the sociopolitical significance of and technological innovations behind a familiar wine or spirit-- brandy, vodka, whisky, rum, gin, tequila, and champagne-- and shares plenty of tales of libational adventure. Whether you're an expert drinker or a novice barfly, it'll give you plenty to contemplate inside your glass. --- From back cover.
Notes: Originally published in German as Victoria Bar, Die Schule der Trunkenheit, Metrolit Verlag BmbH and Co., KG, Berlin, 2013.

Preface: why we drink & why this book -- Foreword by Kevin Brauch -- First semester: brandy -- Second semester: vodka -- Third semester: whisky -- Fourth semester: rum -- Fifth semester: gin -- Sixth semester: tequila -- Seventh semester: champagne -- Cocktail recipes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244).

Issued also in electronic format.