Name: Making Bourbon: A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky
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Author: Karl Raitz
ISBN: 9780813178752

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Making Bourbon: A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky

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Physical Book

Publisher

The University Press Of Kentucky

Author

Karl Raitz

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

656

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780813178752

Synopsis "Making Bourbon: A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky "

While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Distillers enshrine local history in their branding and time-tested recipes, and rightfully so. Kentucky's unique geography shaped the whiskeys its settlers produced, and for more than two centuries, distilling bourbon fundamentally altered every aspect of Kentucky's landscape and culture. Making Bourbon: A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky illuminates how the specific geography, culture, and ecology of the Bluegrass converged and gave birth to Kentucky's favorite barrel-aged whiskey. Expanding on his fall 2019 release Bourbon's Backroads, Karl Raitz delivers a more nuanced discussion of bourbon's evolution by contrasting the fates of two distilleries in Scott and Nelson Counties. In the nineteenth century, distilling changed from an artisanal craft practiced by farmers and millers to a large-scale mechanized industry. The resulting infrastructure - farms, mills, turnpikes, railroads, steamboats, lumberyards, and cooperage shops - left its permanent mark on the land and traditions of the commonwealth. Today, multinational brands emphasize and even construct this local heritage. This unique interdisciplinary study uncovers the complex history poured into every glass of bourbon.

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