Dead Distillers

Throughout history, just about every culture has figured out a way to distill alcohol in one form or another. Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits highlights the forefathers of distilling in the U.S.A., with profiles of the well known like George Washington to the names you see on bottles at your liquor store like Jim Beam, Jasper "Jack" Daniel, and Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle. Over 50 are profiled from the Whiskey Rebellion to Prohibition, to the current climate of experimental and craft distillers. From the same writers that brought you Guide to Urban Moonshining, it's an extensive look back at the men who are partly responsible for our fascination with booze.