"There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel's, and a powerful man behind it: V.E. "Manny" Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. Their story is one of a Jewish Alsatian immigrant's dream of finding community and prosperity in the New world; of...

"Searching For Modern Mexico explains the problems and paradoxes that define the U.S.'s southern neighbor by telling the story behind the coffee, mezcal, avocados, beer, and tacos Mexico produces and exports. Author Nathaniel Parish Flannery, a veteran Latin America analyst and writer, brings...

"Buffalo, Barrels & Bourbon tells the breathtaking saga of Buffalo Trace Distillery: from the time of Daniel Boone's explorations in early Kentucky, through the trials of the U.S. Civil War, two world wars, Prohibition, and the Great Depression, to the present era in which Buffalo Trace...

Welcome to Bardstown, KY: The Bourbon Capital of the World® Bourbon's popularity is now a global phenomenon, but you need only look at Bardstown, Kentucky, to see its remarkable and evolving impacts. This historic city of 13,500 people is booming as a result, but it's also enduring growing...

The final chapter serves as summary to the first volume of Beers, Ciders & Spirits: Craft Beverages and Tourism in the U.S. entitled The Rise of Brewers and Distilleries in the United States. The chapters that are encapsulated in the first volume of this textbook present innovative examples of...

This two-volume set examines the strong connection between craft beverages and tourism, presenting cutting-edge research in partnership with breweries, distilleries, and cideries. While wine, food, and culinary tourism have traditionally dominated destination markets, interest in craft beverages...

The promise of place -- From the fields to your glass -- Whose rules rule? : creating and defining tequila quality -- The heart of the agave : farming in tequila country -- Making mezcal in the shadow of the denomination of origin -- Hipsters, hope, and the future of artisanal mezcal -- Looking...

Barrels-we rarely acknowledge their importance, but without them we would be missing out on some of the world's finest beverages-most notably whiskies and wines-and of course for over two thousand years they've been used to store, transport, and age an incredibly diverse array of provisions...

A Manhattan or a Sazerac; neat, on the rocks, or with a splash of soda-no matter how it's served up, whiskey is synonymous with the poet's inspiration and the devil's spirit. Be it bourbon, rye, corn, Irish, or Scotch, whiskey has an infamous and celebrated history from a sometimes lethal,...