Vodka: How a Colorless, Odorless, Flavorless Spirit Conquered America

by Victorino Matus

Book Overview

It began as poisonous rotgut in Medieval Russia--Ivan the Terrible liked it, Peter the Great loved it--but this grain alcohol "without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color" has become our uncontested king of spirits. Over a thousand brands fight for market share, shelved in glass skulls, Tommy guns, bulletproof bottles; flavored with pears, currants, chipotle; or quintuple distilled by Donald Trump. But it wasn't always thus. For 200...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076278699X
• ISBN13: 9780762786992
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"