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This book examines the misty origins of uisce beatha -- the "water of life" -- and tells the intriguing, colorful and controversial story of Irish whiskey before it earned its place as a world-renowned spirit. It is a story of passion and violence, corruption and skullduggery, of political intrigue and commercial duplicity. The illicit liquor industry of nineteenth-century, impoverished Ireland, the source of many a yarn, is remembered with affection. A section of the book deals with the most famous distilleries and the more than two-centuries-old Dublin distilling tradition.
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Irish Whiskey, Malachy Magee
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- Année de publication
- 1991
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- Titre
- Irish Whiskey
- Sous-titre
- A 1000 Year Tradition
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Malachy Magee
- Éditeur
- O'Brien Press
- Publié
- 1991
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN10
- 0862782287
- ISBN13
- 9780862782283
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Alcool
- Évaluation
- 3,55 sur 5
- Description
- This book examines the misty origins of uisce beatha -- the "water of life" -- and tells the intriguing, colorful and controversial story of Irish whiskey before it earned its place as a world-renowned spirit. It is a story of passion and violence, corruption and skullduggery, of political intrigue and commercial duplicity. The illicit liquor industry of nineteenth-century, impoverished Ireland, the source of many a yarn, is remembered with affection. A section of the book deals with the most famous distilleries and the more than two-centuries-old Dublin distilling tradition.