The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks Audiobook (Free)

Every great beverage starts with a herb. Sake began having a grain of grain. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval doctors boiled juniper berries with wine to treat abdomen pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the unexpected botanical background and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and a good few fungi).Some of the most extraordinary and obscure plants have been fermented and distilled, plus they each represent a about The Drunken Botanist: The Vegetation THAT INDUCE the World’s Great Drinks unique cultural contribution to global drinking customs and our history. Molasses was an essential ingredient of American self-reliance when outrage over a mandate to get British rather than French molasses for New World rum-making helped kindle the American Trend. Captain James Cook harvested the young, green guidelines of spruce trees to make a supplement C-rich beverage that healed his staff of scurvy-a formula that Jane Austen appreciated a lot that she used it like a storyline stage in Emma.With over fifty drink recipes, growing tips for gardeners, and advice that carries Stewart’s brand wit, this is the perfect listen for gardeners and cocktail aficionados as well.