Our guided whiskey tasting was part of a customized version of the Stanley Hotel's "culinary journey winter package for foodies".
In his book Whiskey: The Definitive World Guide, he explains that a family of physicians, the MacVeys (a.k.a. the Beatons), translated medical texts from the Arab world whose secrets of distillation resulted in the first whiskey creations.
But it doesn't surprise me that a guide to American whiskey, which has only grown more popular since I started the project, is doing better than a book of political history.
He is the author of several books, including On Monsters, Buddha: A Beginner's Guide, The Gods Drink Whiskey, and Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads.
This 94-proof, small-batch whiskey-maker offers a guided stroll through its production brew house, still house, rack house and bottling room floor, plus a taste of Stranahan's hand-crafted Colorado.
Related blog post: A guide to the lingo and history of whiskey.
Others were grouped together amid the twisted metal, the bags and cases, the child's playing cards, the guide books, the laptop computer, the duty free whiskey bottle, the woman's hat.
Others were grouped together amid the twisted metal, the bags and cases, the child's playing cards, the guide books, the laptop computer, the duty free whiskey bottle, the woman's red hat.
There are teachers' guides, online games and tidbits like the role of whiskey in the journey.
Providing a mini-guide below the line, noregtod lists the Rackhouse Pub for home-distilled whiskey, the hipsterish Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project for a microbrewery experience, and Euclid Hall for your classy – yet hardly square – craft beer experience.
