It's gone ginternational, becoming the most popular alcoholic refreshment in the world, overtaking whisky and vodka. Gin: A Global History and Vodka: A Global History are two delicious, well-mixed cocktails of history and booze. That was what got the gentry so upset—because if people don’t know their place, then we might get challenged. He is the author of The Mixer s Manual, Man Made, The Gentleman's Guide to Grooming, 50 Queers Who Changed The World, Gin: Shake, Muddle, Stir and Rum: Shake, Muddle, Stir.

What Jessica’s book does really well is show that the gin craze wasn’t just about this sudden attraction to cheap spirit. There are a lot of good history tales about captains and adventurers who did just that to be able to propagate the seeds elsewhere. There are a lot of boozehounds who talk about history and it can be a little bit cold and un-engaging.The Philosophy of Gin covers the historic transformation of the beverage, ideal flavour pairings for the gin connoisseur, and how a spirit once given a wide berth by the middle and upper classes now attracts such a large proportion of the British public to choose gin as their tipple of choice. Featuring stylish photography and illustrations throughout, The Big Book of Gin is a comprehensive guide to the renaissance of one of the world s most celebrated spirits.

And also, when you’ve made your gin, could you then infuse something into it—rhubarb or something else? The difference could be explained like this: imagine painting on a beige canvas as opposed to painting on a white one. The city of Oxford has been a popular location for fictional murders for nearly a century, the ancient university and its beautiful buildings also lending themselves to wonderful screen adaptations. Ou seja, apenas 1/5 do livro realmente é sobre gins e mesmo assim não tem nada que um vídeo mais ou menos de YouTube não apresente.But the spirit's long history has at times been murky, its history firmly rooted in and tied to Empire, a slide into being known as "mother's ruin", and a large part to play in the rise of abstinence movements. The brilliantly botanical spirit is much more than tonic’s sidekick, it’s sophisticatedly sippable, and adds depth and flavour to any drink.

It covers both distilling and cold compounding, providing advice on equipment and detailing step-by-step processes, whilst discussing a wide variety of gin production issues. The author of this effervescent little history traces modern gins origins (as the Dutch drink genever) and its subsequent use for medicinal purposes and in the military (Dutch courage), and its demonisation during the London gin panic.Is it true then, that in colonial times in India, people started drinking gin to improve the taste of the quinine? You can tell that food and drink, in all of their respects, are absolutely his passion—and have been, from a young age. Today classic cocktails like the Gimlet and the Negroni are embraced by drinkers who enjoy a new breed of modern gins, and gin has reclaimed pride of place in the world of mixology.