David Haskell

This comprehensive guide to whiskey-making tells the history of the spirit and answers age-old questions like what makes whiskey whiskey, but also serves as a manual to making homemade whiskey, including recipes and suggestions.

Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining

Rob Folsom is a defender of civil liberties - Rosa Perez desperately needs his protection. The dark secret they uncover plunges them into a world of high-tech spies, black-ops, and political intrigue. The manufacturers of Thermo-Magnetic Imaging, deadly serious about their billion-dollar investment, will do anything to keep them quiet. Battling to protect his client, Rob soon becomes the main target. Can he defeat his enemies before the power of TMI is unleashed?

Too Much Information

A deadly anomaly is wreaking havoc around the world. Only one man has the power to stop it. But Dean Eckert's world-saving research has fallen into the wrong hands - again. This unique research into the disaster, dubbed 'the solution', has gone missing, so Dean must scramble to get it back before he can begin to do battle with the anomaly. Enemy governments and terrorists, meanwhile, aim to exploit the gravimetric force destroying homes, communities, and whole continents, and turn it into the ultimate doomsday weapon. While Eckert and his team search from the depths of the ocean to space itself for the research that can save the world, Police Chief John Masters and the town of Joffrey hatch a brilliant plan. Battling cyclone-force winds and mega-thrust earthquakes they find a solution of their own, one they need to get to Eckert before it's too late. Can their combined efforts prove strong enough to save the planet from destruction?

Dark Alignment

Colin Spoelman

A new generation of urban bootleggers is distilling whiskey at home, and cocktail enthusiasts have embraced the nuances of brown liquors. Written by the founders of Kings County Distillery, New York City’s first distillery since Prohibition, this spirited illustrated book explores America’s age-old love affair with whiskey. It begins with chapters on whiskey’s history and culture from 1640 to today, when the DIY trend and the classic cocktail craze have conspired to make it the next big thing. For those thirsty for practical information, the book next provides a detailed, easy-to-follow guide to safe home distilling, complete with a list of supplies, step-by-step instructions, and helpful pictures, anecdotes, and tips. The final section focuses on the contemporary whiskey scene, featuring a list of microdistillers, cocktail and food recipes from the country’s hottest mixologists and chefs, and an opinionated guide to building your own whiskey collection. Praise for The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: “The moonshining world is notoriously full of orally-perpetuated misinformation and the legitimate whiskey industry is full of marketing lies and half-truths; Spoelman and Haskell have thankfully defied those traditions and released an educational book of honesty and transparency.” —Serious Eats

How to Make and Drink Whiskey

The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining

Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits. The book presents 50 fascinating--and sometimes morbid--biographies from this historic trade's bygone days, including farmers, scientists, oligarchs, criminals, and the occasional US president. Readers may be surprised to find the names George Washington, Henry Frick, or Andrew Mellon alongside the usual suspects long associated with booze--Jasper "Jack" Daniel, Jim Beam, and Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle. From the Whiskey Rebellion to Prohibition to the recent revival of craft spirits, the history of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits remains an important part of Americana. Featuring historical photos, infographics, walking-tour maps, and noteworthy vintage newspaper clippings, it's a rich visual and textual reference to a key piece of American history. Dead Distillers is a spirited portrait of the unusual and storied origins of forgotten drunkenness.

The Kings County Distillery History of the Entrepreneurs and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits

Dead Distillers

The founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits. Dead Distillers is a spirited portrait of the unusual and storied origins of forgotten drunkenness. The book presents fifty fascinating—and sometimes morbid—biographies from this historic trade’s bygone days, including farmers, scientists, oligarchs, criminals, and the occasional US president. Readers may be surprised to find the names George Washington, Henry Frick, or Andrew Mellon alongside the usual suspects long associated with booze—Jasper “Jack” Daniel, Jim Beam, and Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle. From the Whiskey Rebellion to Prohibition to the recent revival of craft spirits, the history of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits remains an important part of Americana. Featuring historical photos, infographics, walking-tour maps, and noteworthy vintage newspaper clippings, Dead Distillers is a rich visual and textual reference to a key piece of American history.

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