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Slippery Tipples: A Guide to Weird and Wonderful Spirits & Liqueurs
Joseph Piercy
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Description for Slippery Tipples: A Guide to Weird and Wonderful Spirits & Liqueurs
Hardcover. If you would like to concoct your own fruit brandies or make a drop of traditional full-strength Pimms then this is the book for you. Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
From European favourites such as Mastichato Chios, which saved 2,000 Greeks from a bloody massacre at the hands of vengeful Turks, to legendary drinks such as Amarula, invented by African elephants; from classic cocktail ingredients like Midori, the bright green Japanese melon drink launched at the wrap party for Saturday Night Fever at Studio 54, to student stalwart Jägermeister, dreamt up by a confidant of Herman Göring and hugely popular among senior Nazis, Slippery Tipples tells the stories behind the words most extraordinary drinks. Alongside a country-by-country guide to murky and mysterious booze and dozens of cocktail ... Read more
From European favourites such as Mastichato Chios, which saved 2,000 Greeks from a bloody massacre at the hands of vengeful Turks, to legendary drinks such as Amarula, invented by African elephants; from classic cocktail ingredients like Midori, the bright green Japanese melon drink launched at the wrap party for Saturday Night Fever at Studio 54, to student stalwart Jägermeister, dreamt up by a confidant of Herman Göring and hugely popular among senior Nazis, Slippery Tipples tells the stories behind the words most extraordinary drinks. Alongside a country-by-country guide to murky and mysterious booze and dozens of cocktail ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752457567
SKU
V9780752457567
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Ref
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About Joseph Piercy
Joseph Piercy was born in Brighton. After spending far too long at university studying Russian Literature and Creative Writing, Joseph embarked upon a journey which took him to various parts of the world in an honest attempt to avoid anything faintly resembling a proper job. He has enjoyed an occasional drink or two along the road.
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