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Early American booze

By nuppe
April 11, 2008 in Spirits & Cocktails

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Posted April 11, 2008

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Posted April 11, 2008

Anyone whos is familiar with the alchol chapter of McWilliams: "A revolution in eating" - or the early history of alcohol at the American frontier some centuries ago. I am going to have a little speech in our local whisky society (In Norway). I have read this (fascinating) chapter long time ago, but I don't remember anymore, and I haven't managed to get hold of the book in time. Subjects of interest are: the spread of rum, the introduction of brandy, of corn, what they served in the first taverns. My intention is to find a link between the story of "drinking at the frontier" and the first US whiskey. (Sorry for my Norwegian)