非文學類(歷史/酒譜)
更新日期:
2016-08-24
Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History
Steven Grasse
Abrams Image
September 2016
224pp
書籍編號:
03-9132
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● 內文簡介

一部結合美國歷史的酒譜書!

遠從漫長的殖民時代開始,到成為一個獨立的國家,乃至工業化後所帶來的富足,美國創建的歷史當中,其實有著一段和酒精密不可分的歷史過往。

遠在民主、法治到來之前,酒精為初到這片陌生土地的人們趨吉避凶,遠離疾病疼痛的侵害。又因為如此,各地興建起無數的酒館,接待往來於各地的人們。而在這些酒館當中,人們開始著手畫起一種新型態國家的藍圖,一個由人民所統治的國家──美國。

換句話說是「酒精微醺的魔力,創造了現今的美國。」

《Colonial Spirits》以時間為軸,道出每一種酒類背後的故事與起源──從小麥釀製的啤酒、適合調製派對飲品的朗姆酒、酒香濃郁的利口酒與興奮劑、禁酒時期的各式飲料,甚至是擁有療效的藥酒。描述這些酒類如何為那些開疆闢土的先烈先賢們的身心帶來滿足。書中涵蓋了多種以不同酒類做為基底的經典雞尾酒譜,包括眾人派對狂歡的費城魚庫雞尾酒(Fish House Punch)、適合獨飲的蛇吻雞尾酒(Snakebites),以及用溫熱啤酒調製的酒類飲品。除此之外,作者也提供了讀者在自家DIY釀製啤酒的作法。

作者以幽默風趣的口吻,帶領讀者們了解酒精這個令人陶醉的飲品,在美國歷史中所佔有的一席之地,並透過每個時期精采的歷史故事,講述各種飲酒文化的發展與影響,是一部充滿歷史文化底蘊的酒譜書。

 

● 作者簡介

Steven Grasse 具生意頭腦的成功企業家,是許多知名酒類品牌的幕後老闆,同時是位於費城舊城區的「機械複製時代的藝術」(Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction)展館的創辦人。經常受到報章媒體的關注。

 

● 媒體報導

“Steven Grasse is the mad genius of historical spirits!”--- (Andrea Wulf historian and author of The Invention of Nature, Founding Gardeners, and Chasing Venus)

"Mix up your own tankard of Cock Ale or Rattle Skull and settle in for Steven Grasse’s slightly soused tale of America’s colonial boozing traditions."--- (Joe Sixpack Beer Reporter)

“Colonial Spirits reminds us all that if it wasn’t for the poisonous water, we wouldn’t have booze.” --- (Warren Bobrow The Cocktail Whisperer and author of Apothecary Cocktails)

“A center of brewing and distilling, colonial Philadelphia was the wettest town in the colonies. With punch and Madeira its cultural midwife, along with some of the finest wine cellars in the nation, we still wonder at the glories of rye whisky for which the city was justly famous. Steven Grasse has indeed brought alive the story of our drinking past in a colorful narrative for anyone who enjoys culinary history with glass in hand.” --- (Dr. William Woys Weaver food historian and author of Sauerkraut Yankees)