Discover the underdog story of the improbable rise of small-batch distilling in America. This bracingly written fast-paced work traces the relationship of Americans to spirits such as bourbon scotch vodka gin and rum. And it presents the full story of a plucky band of entrepreneurs who disrupted the nation's conception of how those libations could appear and taste—and how much they could cost. Tom Acitelli weaves the unlikely triumph of the small-batch distilling movement into other major trends including a neo-Prohibitionism that nearly croaked the entire thing America's re-embrace of cocktails and the twin rises of craft beer and fine wine. He also expertly delves into the controversies currently wracking American spirits ones that threaten to tank the movement at the moment of what should be its greatest triumph.
