We are all familiar with pasteurized, bland and carbon-dioxide-injected cider, but cyder is a living wine of some subtlety, matured in cask and bottle in the manner of champagne. This book describes the rise and fall of cyder, and presents the traditional techniques for making it.
A guide that contains over 100 recipes including beer made from hops and also yarrow, mugwort, elder and other foraged plants, great tasting wines from fruit, vegetables and the hedgerows, cider and perry from apples and pears, cordials from the leaves of a range of trees, and teas and fizzy drinks from herbs and wayside flowers.
The West Country is justly famous for its variety of delicious ciders. This work charts the development of cider making in the West Country, from the sixteenth century monks to the diverse industry. It outlines the differing manufacturing methods, and investigates the differences between a farm-house cider and an industrially manufactured one.
Features recipes that have poured forth from the minds of bartenders, professional and layperson, around the world over the years. This edition includes sections dealing with the newest trends in fine imbibing including: Dessert drinks; The world's finest Cognacs; Flavored Vodkas, Gins and Rums; and, Floaters, Shooters and Layered Drinks.
A single source of information for, amongst other things, the key ingredients in a Pimms, a pithy tutorial on how the hierarchy of the wines of Bordeaux is structured, and a round-up of all those Polish beers on the shelves. Peter Grogan writes about food and wine for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator and is wine writer for Tesco Magazine.
A history of distilling in the Middle East and Europe from the earliest experiments by the Pythagorean alchemists of Ptolomaic Egypt to the commercial production of spirits in the British Isles. This work includes the manufacture of spiritous liquors such as whisky, gin, and others.
Offers insight into the Victorian scandal which raged at the end of the 19th century surrounding the adulteration of whisky in public houses throughout the UK. This book covers the scandal which eventually resulted in laws being passed which created safeguards for what is known the world over as Scotch.
Documents the facts and figures of whisky history. This book is an attempt to mirror the work and joy surrounding the rise of a cottage trade that became an industry. It contains portraits of the distilleries involved in the compilation of the "Rare malts Selection (RMS)" series.
With a guide to the preparation of drinks, from cocktails to wines, liqueurs, spirits and beers, this book features winning recipes from the World Cocktail Championships. It also includes sections on classic and contemporary cocktails, countries and their drinks, wines of the world, aperitifs and digestifs, a glossary and table of measurement.
Tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. This title offers information on what we know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. It also explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution.
Annie Proulx, the novelist, first wrote this guide to making cider in 1980. It is a comprehensive, illustrated overview of the process and includes recipes for using the finished product in cooking. Proulx and Lew Nichols also discuss apple presses, glass bottles versus wooden barrels and storage.
Features an illustrated exploration and celebration of real cider and its close cousin perry. This book showcases the best of the British craft cider revolution, with features on some of the characters involved in cider - and perry-making and articles on the history of cider and perry, noteworthy cider pubs, and making your own cider.
Continuing our series of successful drinks-related titles, this book from an experienced bartender contains the best and weirdest bar shots and shooters. The names may be strange, but the drinks range from classic and familiar to the downright 'toxic'!!
Part of the Martin Baxendale's popular series of cartoon gift-books, this work takes a humorous look at hangovers, their prevention and cure (based on the author's many years of personal experience!) while at the same time offering useful practical advice on how to avoid that awful morning-after feeling and quickly get over that experience.
Lets you travel back to a time when bootleg whiskey and bathtub gin flowed freely in smoky underground speakeasies that catered to guys and their dolls. This title presents the drink recipes that capture the upheaval of the late 1920s and early 1930s in America.
Over the years, many of us have become foodies, but our focus on flavour has been dominated by what we eat. This title aims to redress the balance, by explaining how to drink well at all times of day, across every season. It features recipes for mint juleps in the spring, sloe gin in the autumn, and hot buttered rum in the winter.
Would you like to better appreciate fine distilled spirits? This is a guide to selecting and enjoying this family of noble beverages, flavor by flavor. From whiskey, rum, and brandy to vodka, gin, and cordials, it traces the history of distilled spirits, explains how they are made, and shows you how to evaluate, serve, and savor them.
Celebrates the distinctions between brand, place, tradition and taste that elevate champagne appreciation to an art in itself. This book offers advice on various aspects of this traditional art, from pronunciations to professional tasting techniques. It also features a directory of the most exceptional champagnes available.
Covers winemaking, wine service, styles, faults, frauds, and the 'wine-speak' of the art's scientific terminology. Presenting intriguing facts about wine, this title debunks many popular myths such as why one shouldn't disturb fermenting wine during a full moon and the popular causes for headaches after partaking in red wine.
Takes you on a journey through history, and lets you discover the stories behind a mixed bunch of characters who share the rare distinction, as commoners, of having a pub named after them; from poets to actors, from sports personalities to comedians, from novelists to singers and war heroes to inventors.
Shows how easy it is to produce your own drinks at home for the fraction of the cost of commercial wines and beers. This title helps you discover how to make tasty cider from that glut of apples fallen in the garden or traditional country wine from those blackberries hiding in the hedgerows.
Tells the story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. This book tells what we know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. It also explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution.
Provides the facts you need to enjoy wines, beers and spirits, with background information on how they are made, best-known producers and brand names, flavours, aromas and serving advice. This guide helps in identifying and serving alcohol-based drinks. It combines text with more than 1500 photographs, hand-painted maps and illustrations.