Curious Bartender's Gin Palace

An innovative, captivating tour of the finest gins and distilleries the world has to offer, brought to you by bestselling author and gin connoisseur Tristan Stephenson. The Curious Bartenders Gin Palace is the follow-up to master mixologist Tristan Stephensons hugely successful books, 'The Curious Bartender' and 'The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies'. Discover the extraordinary journey that gin has taken, from its origins in the Middle Ages as the herbal medicine genever to gins commercialization and the dark days of the Gin Craze in mid 18th Century London, through to its partnership with tonic water creating the most palatable and enjoyable anti-malarial medication to the golden age that it is now experiencing. In the last few years, hundreds of distilleries and micro-distilleries are cropping up all over the world, producing superb craft products infused with remarkable new blends of botanicals. In this book, youll be at the cutting-edge of the most exciting developments, uncovering the alchemy of the gin production process and the science of flavour before taking a tour through the most exciting distilleries and gins the world has to offer. Finally, put Tristans mixology skills into practice with a dozen spectacular cocktails including a Purl, a Rickey and a Fruit Cup.