Lost Recipes of Prohibition
Notes from a Bootlegger's Manual
Published on 27. November 2015
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-58157-265-0 (ISBN)
Description
By adding extracts, essences and oils to moonshine, during Prohibition bootleggers would simulate the taste of drinks that were impossible to procure. An anonymous doctor compiled more than 200 recipes for "compounding" spirits and here Matthew Rowley gives an overview of the process, updating some of the recipes for modern distillers, bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Woodstock
United States
Publishing group
WW Norton & Co
Illustrations
75 full color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
973 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58157-265-0 (9781581572650)
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Person
Matthew Rowley is a former museum curator who specializes in folk distilling and the manufacture and distribution of illicit spirits. His work has appeared in Whisky Advocate, Distiller, and other publications. The author of Moonshine!, he lives in California.