Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information As It Relates to the History andConsumption of All Manner of Booze

Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information As It Relates to the History andConsumption of All Manner of Booze
by Ian Lendler

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Author: Ian Lendler
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-27
ISBN: 0143035975
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Book Review: Interesting AND informative. Wow...
Summary: 5 Stars

Most books in this category are well, boring. They go into history and process, and science, with the kind of zeal and skill as a second grade teacher who just had a huge paycut and has been off cigarettes for two weeks...but this book is totally different. It's progression is organized but witty. It lists the funny stuff that no one else will tell you and yet you'll still learn the science and history and process behind varying alcohol. Just like it starts out...all Alcohol is basically yeast poop. Champagne has a psi of 90 (or 3x your car tire) and was called devil wine by the monks who were injured by the exploding bottles. See now that's interesting!

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Summary of Alcoholica Esoterica: A Collection of Useful and Useless Information As It Relates to the History andConsumption of All Manner of Booze

Finally, there?s a book that?s almost as much fun as having a couple of drinks. Alcoholica Esoterica presents the history and culture of booze as told by a writer with a knack for distilling all the boring bits into the most interesting facts and hilarious tales. It?s almost like pulling up a stool next to the smartest and funniest guy in the bar. Divided into chapters covering the basic booze groups?including beer, wine, Champagne, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, and tequila?Alcoholica Esoterica charts the origin and rise of each alcohol?s particular charms and influence. Other sections chronicle "Great Moments in Hic-story," "Great Country Drinking Songs," "10 Odd Laws," and "Mt. Lushmore, Parts I?V." Additionally, famous quotes on the joys and sorrows of liquor offer useful shots of advice and intoxicating whimsy.

Did you know...

? that the word bar is short for barrier? Yes, that?s right?to keep the customers from getting at all the booze.
? that Winston Churchill?s mother supposedly invented the Manhattan?
? that the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock because the sailors on the Mayflower were running low on beer and were tired of sharing?
? that you have a higher chance of being killed by a flying Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
? that the Code of Hammurabi mandated that brewers of low-quality beer be drowned in it?
? that beer was so popular with medieval priests and monks that in the thirteenth century they stopped baptizing babies with holy water and started using beer?

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