Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails

by Camper English

Book Overview

"At last, a definitive guide to the medicinal origins of every bottle behind the bar! This is the cocktail book of the year, if not the decade." --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants

"A fascinating book that makes a brilliant historical case for what I've been saying all along: alcohol is good for you...okay maybe it's not technically good for you, but [English] shows that through most of human history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143134922
• ISBN13: 9780143134923
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"