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My book, Whiskey: A Global History, now in its second printing. Available at Amazon.com and many other online book sellers.
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My book, Whiskey: A Global History, now in its second printing. Available at Amazon.com and many other online book sellers. My book is part of a Series of brief books that are dedicated to iconic food and drink. Ardbeg Distillery, Scotland. Photo: Rick Anthony. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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My book, Whiskey: A Global History, now in its second printing. Available at Amazon.com and many other online book sellers.
What is Whiskey?
A drink distilled from cereal grain that is aged in barrel.
Cereal grain=barley, corn, rye, wheat
How is whiskey made?
Cereal grain+hot water=mash (soup)
Cooled mash+yeast [fermentation]=beer
Beer+heat=alcoholic vapors [distillation]
Vapors+cool=condensation into spirit
And barrel aging.
Technology of distillation migrated from Egypt to
Europe
Fifth-Century Huns?
Medieval Irish monks?
1494 Friar John Cor.