Water of Life : A History of Wine-distilling and Spirits from 500 BC to AD 2000

Bok av C. Anne Wilson
A history of distilling in the Middle East and Europe from the earliest experiments by the Pythagorean alchemists of Ptolomaic Egypt to the commercial production of spirits in the British Isles. This work includes the manufacture of spiritous liquors such as whisky, gin, and others.