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Making Bourbon : A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky /

"For more than two centuries, Kentucky distillers have produced alcohol, maintaining their revered traditional distilling techniques. They follow proven recipes and brand their whiskies as "Old," as in Old Times and Old Log Cabin, or allude to historical places and personages such as...

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Autor principal: Raitz, Karl B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2020.
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