{"product_id":"whiskey-women-the-untold-story-of-how-women-saved-bourbon-scotch-and-irish-whiskey","title":"Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tales of women who created the whiskey industry, from Mesopotamia's first beer brewers and distillers to America's rough-and-tough Prohibition bootleggers. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note to Readers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Before Whiskey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The First Distillations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Tough Irish Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Early Scotch Whisky Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Early American Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Targeted and Early Marketers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Temperance Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Women Moonshiners and Bootleggers in Prohibition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Repeal Women Saving Whiskey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. The Post-Prohibition Legal Battles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Post-Prohibition Women Bootleggers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Whiskey's Progressive Side\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. The Lady of Laphroaig\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Modern Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Organizing the Whiskey Effort\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. For Women, by Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author \u003cb\u003eFred Minnick\u003c\/b\u003e, once an army journalist in Iraq, writes the award-winning American Whiskey column for \u003ci\u003eTasting Panel Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and Toasting the Hunt column for \u003ci\u003eCovey Rise\u003c\/i\u003e. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eCaviar Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCostco Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhisky Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhisky Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e, Minnick has written widely about the spirits industry, traveling around the world covering everything from Limoncello in Sorrento, Italy, to Malbec wine in Mendoza, Argentina. Minnick is a member of the Author's Guild and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Meridith May, publisher of \u003ci\u003eTasting Panel\u003c\/i\u003e, calls Minnick \"one of the best whiskey storytellers in the business.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Forget umbrellas in cocktails: Kentucky journalist Fred Minnick shows us how the fairer sex established liquor techniques, culture, and tastes as we know it today.\"--Damon Brown, \n\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e[ \n\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e] is an important examination of liquor history and offers a number of profiles of trailblazers. Inspiring.\"--Lew Bryson, the Daily Beast \n\u003cbr\u003e -- (3\/19\/2020 12:00:00 AM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This enjoyable book leaves readers feeling a way they're likely not accustomed to after such a wild, whiskey soaked ride: enlightened.\"--Jen A. Miller, \n\u003ci\u003e American Way\u003c\/i\u003e-- (11\/1\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fred Minnick gives us an entertaining look at booze's little-known history--including its links to childhood medicine, witchcraft, and the eighteenth-century mail order bride business. This book goes down smooth.\"--A. J. Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible\u003c\/i\u003e-- (6\/10\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Whether you're a hop-head or a spirit imbiber, \n\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women \u003c\/i\u003eis an entertaining and unexpected look at the role of women in the spirits industry.\"--Lindsey Kate Reynolds, \n\u003ci\u003eSouthern Foodways Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e-- (11\/7\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The known history of whiskey changes with \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Fred Minnick has dug deep and come up with gold on the tremendous contribution women have made at each step in the history and evolution of this much-storied beverage. \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a real game changer.\"--Davin de Kergommeaux, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCanadian Whisky: The Portable Expert\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-- (6\/10\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A book that's well worth buying.\"--Reid Mitenbuler, \n\u003ci\u003eDrinks\u003c\/i\u003e-- (11\/1\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Deeply researched and takes an interesting angle (the role of women) as a way to talk about whiskey from a fresh perspective.\"--Kara Newman, \u003ci\u003eTipple Sheet\u003c\/i\u003e-- (10\/8\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This is a great book. Whether you are into whiskey, history or both this deserves a place on your book shelf.\"--Eric Burke, Bourbon Guy.com-- (11\/13\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eWhiskey Women\u003c\/i\u003e is] an enjoyable read of thoughtfully-assembled facts and stories illuminating the forgotten women of apothecaries and distilleries past.\"--Virginia Miller, Liquor.com-- (9\/1\/2013 12:00:00 AM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eMinnick, Fred\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Fred Minnick, once an army journalist in Iraq, writes the award-winning American Whiskey column for \n\u003ci\u003eTasting Panel Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and Toasting the Hunt column for \n\u003ci\u003eCovey Rise\u003c\/i\u003e. A regular contributor to \n\u003ci\u003eCaviar Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eCostco Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eWhisky Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eWhisky Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e, Minnick has written widely about the spirits industry, traveling around the world covering everything from Limoncello in Sorrento, Italy, to Malbec wine in Mendoza, Argentina. Minnick is a member of the Author's Guild and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Meridith May, publisher of \n\u003ci\u003eTasting Panel\u003c\/i\u003e, calls Minnick \"one of the best whiskey storytellers in the business.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnick, Fred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2020-09-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e History|World|General|Cooking|Beverages|Alcoholic- General|Social Science|Women's Studies|Business \u0026amp; Economics|Industries|General|Business \u0026amp; Economics|Women in Business\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640123618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781640123618\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52140078596377,"sku":"SP-9781640123618","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/58222e00-29b1-49e1-b9fa-7e218d79e936.jpg?v=1784475754","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/whiskey-women-the-untold-story-of-how-women-saved-bourbon-scotch-and-irish-whiskey","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}