Lost Recipes of Prohibition: Notes from a Bootlegger's Manual

by Matthew Rowley

Book Overview

American Prohibition was far from watertight. If you knew the right people, or the right place to go, you could get a drink--most likely a variation of the real thing, made by blending smuggled, industrial alcohol or homemade moonshines with extracts, herbs, and oils to imitate the aroma and taste of familiar spirits. Most of the illegal recipes were written out by hand and secretly shared. The "lost recipes" in this book come from one such compilation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682680754
• ISBN13: 9781682680759
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 9.7"