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The Thinking Drinker's Guide to Alcohol

A Cocktail of Amusing Anecdotes and Opinion on the Art of Imbibing

by Ben McFarland
Tom Sandham
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Inspired by its successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Thinking Drinkers Guide to Alcohol presents a dryly humorous cultural history of liquor for those who long to drink less—but drink better. Written by two of the UKs top drinks journalists, it celebrates alcohols influence on life, love, literature, and learning. The amusing alternative and intellectual guide spans the ages from Ancient Egypt to the gin-drenched debauchery of eighteenth-century London to absinthe-induced French impressionist art and beyond. Here you will learn how drink has oiled the wheels of civilization and invigorated the minds of historys greatest figures.

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    November 4, 2014

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      • ISBN: 9781454915492

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      • ISBN: 9781454915492
      • File size: 23774 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2015

      Broadly encompassing a survey of alcoholic beverages from beer and wine to spirits, this title, cowritten by McFarland, author of the excellent Boutique Beer, and Sandham (World's Best Cocktails) is occasionally funny but shallow. Information is presented in readily digestible one- to two-page spreads, including superb but limited purchase recommendations and cocktail recipes. The authors frame alcohol within historic and modern cultural contexts (politics, literature, film, celebrity) but devote too much attention to an odd mix of so-called legends and distinguished drinkers (William of Orange, Jesus Christ, two pages of Thinking Drinking Cowboys with a small blurb on Lively Ladies). The writing has a British laddish tone that may be attractive to only a narrow cross-section of readers. VERDICT Though some will appreciate the breeziness and humor, readers would do better with in-depth guides to specific alcoholic beverages. Optional.--Peter Hepburn, Coll. of the Canyons Lib., Santa Clarita, CA

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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