DICTIONARY OF DRINK: New Edition, Updated and Illustrated

What is a slack-ma-girdle? How did White Horse whisky get its name? Or Old Bawdy barley wine? In a straightforward A to Z format, the book identifies thousands of individual brewers, distillers and winemakers, as well as the names of their products. The dictionary aims to be of real, practical help in locating beers and ciders, wines and spirits of every hue to their maker and place of origin. Laced with historical anecdotes, a thousand cocktail recipes, essays on topics from the Guiness dynasty to the principles of brewing. Illus with hundreds of drink labels. 656pp. Paperback.