Good Drink - In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits

"Insightful tour de force... Farrell's writing is as informative as it is intoxicating" -- Publishers Weekly

As a bartender, Shanna Farrell not only poured spirits, but learned their stories--who made them and how. In A Good Drink, Farrell goes in search of the bars, distillers, and farmers who are driving a transformation to sustainable spirits. She meets mezcaleros in Guadalajara who are working to preserve traditional ways of producing mezcal; a London bar owner who has eliminated individual bottles and ice; and distillers in South Carolina who are bringing a rare variety of corn back from near extinction, among many others.

For readers who have ever wondered who grew the pears that went into their brandy or why their cocktail is an unnatural shade of red, A Good Drink will be an eye-opening tour of the spirits industry. For anyone who cares about the future of the planet, it offers a hopeful vision of change, one pour at a time.

About the author

Shanna Farrell is an interviewer at UC Berkeley's Oral History Center, where she works on a wide variety of projects and specializes in drink cultural and environmental history. She is the author of Bay Area Cocktails. Her writing has appeared in Imbibe magazine, Life & Thyme, PUNCH, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She holds Master's Degrees from both New York University and Columbia University.

Summary

A fun and illuminating exploration into the sustainable spirits movement and the distillers leading it.

Product details

• Authors: Shanna Farrell
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781642831436
• ISBN: 978-1-64283-143-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Drinks; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Food & society, Spirits & cocktails, Spirits, liqueurs and cocktails, COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / General, Food and drink: alcoholic beverages, COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / Bartending & Cocktails, Alcoholic beverages, Sustainable agriculture, Cultural studies: food and society, COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / Spirits