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Bourbon's Backroads (Paperback)
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Bourbon's Backroads (Paperback)
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List price R505
Loot Price R475
Discovery Miles 4 750
You Save R30 (6%)
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Bourbon Backroads can be read in the traditional way; simply retire
to an armchair and read about how distillers made that bright amber
liquid in the cut-glass tumbler standing on your side table. Or,
one can use the book as a guide to visit and experience the places
where bourbon's heritage was made. Kentucky is strewn with the
landmarks of bourbon's long story: distilleries long-standing,
relict, razed, and brand new, the grand homes of renowned
distillers, villages and neighborhoods where laborers lived,
Whiskey Row storage warehouses, river landings and railroad yards,
and factories where copper distilling vessels and charred white oak
barrels are made. Throughout the nineteenth century, distilling
changed from an artisanal craft practiced by farmers and millers to
a large-scale mechanized industry that practiced increasingly
refined production techniques. Distillers often operated at
comparatively remote sites - the "backroads" - to take advantage of
water sources or transport access. As time went on, mechanization
and the steam engine shrank the industry's reliance on water power
and permitted relocation of distilleries to urban or rural
rail-side sites. This shift changed not only our ability to consume
bourbon but also how we engage with the industry and its history.
Blending several topics - tax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of
brewing, geography, landscapes, and architecture - this primer and
geographical guide presents an accessible and detailed history of
the development of Kentucky's distilling industry and explains how
the industry continues to thrive.
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