{"product_id":"whiskey-women-the-untold-story-of-how-women-saved-bourbon-scotch-and-irish-whiskey-paperback-softback-9781640123618","title":"Whiskey Women; The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey (Paperback \/ softback) 9781640123618","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFred Minnick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640123618\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 27 photographs, 3 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.346 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Forget umbrellas in cocktails: Kentucky journalist Fred Minnick shows us how the fairer sex established liquor techniques, culture, and tastes as we know it today.\"-Damon Brown, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e[\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e] is an important examination of liquor history and offers a number of profiles of trailblazers. Inspiring.”-Lew Bryson, the Daily Beast\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This enjoyable book leaves readers feeling a way they’re likely not accustomed to after such a wild, whiskey soaked ride: enlightened.\"-Jen A. Miller,\u003ci\u003e American Way\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Deeply researched and takes an interesting angle (the role of women) as a way to talk about whiskey from a fresh perspective.\"—Kara Newman, \u003ci\u003eTipple Sheet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a great book. Whether you are into whiskey, history or both this deserves a place on your book shelf.\"—Eric Burke, Bourbon Guy.com\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e is] an enjoyable read of thoughtfully-assembled facts and stories illuminating the forgotten women of apothecaries and distilleries past.\"—Virginia Miller, Liquor.com \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fred Minnick gives us an entertaining look at booze's little-known history—including its links to childhood medicine, witchcraft, and the eighteenth-century mail order bride business. This book goes down smooth.\"—A. J. Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Whether you're a hop-head or a spirit imbiber, \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women \u003c\/i\u003eis an entertaining and unexpected look at the role of women in the spirits industry.\"-Lindsey Kate Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Foodways Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The known history of whiskey changes with \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Fred Minnick has dug deep and come up with gold on the tremendous contribution women have made at each step in the history and evolution of this much-storied beverage. \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a real game changer.\"—Davin de Kergommeaux, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCanadian Whisky: The Portable Expert\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"A book that's well worth buying.\"-Reid Mitenbuler, \u003ci\u003eDrinks\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest All-Time Booze Book, Eater.com2013\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGOLD Winner for Women Studies, ForeWord Reviews 2014\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilver, Independent Publisher Award in Women's Issues\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Spirited Awards\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth “Bessie” Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphroaig Distillery on the Scottish island Islay. Williamson quickly found herself joining the boys in the tasting room, studying the distillation process, and winning them over with her knowledge of Scottish whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the owner of Laphroaig passed away, Williamson took over the prestigious company and became the spokesperson in America for the entire Scotch whisky industry. Impressing clients and showing her passion as the Scotch Whisky Association’s trade ambassador, she soon gained fame within the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells the tales of women who have created this industry, from Mesopotamia’s first beer brewers and distillers to America’s rough-and-tough bootleggers during Prohibition. Women have long distilled, marketed, and owned significant shares in spirits companies, including Bushmills, Johnnie Walker, and Maker’s Mark. Williamson’s story is one of many among the influential women who greatly influenced Scotch, bourbon, and Irish whiskey. Until now their stories have remained untold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note to Readers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Before Whiskey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The First Distillations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Tough Irish Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Early Scotch Whisky Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Early American Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Targeted and Early Marketers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Temperance Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Women Moonshiners and Bootleggers in Prohibition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Repeal Women Saving Whiskey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. The Post-Prohibition Legal Battles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Post-Prohibition Women Bootleggers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Whiskey's Progressive Side\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. The Lady of Laphroaig\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Modern Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Organizing the Whiskey Effort\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. For Women, by Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670824120600,"sku":"9781640123618","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whiskey-women-the-untold-story-of-how-women-saved-bourbon-scotch-and-irish-whiskey-paperback-softback-9781640123618","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}