Still Life: The Resurgence of Craft Bourbon

by Carla Harris Carlton

Overview

The art of creating and consuming bourbon is exploding. Today you will find craft bourbon distilleries in all 50 states. As mixologists and distillers find the space, market and financial success to fully explore their trade, the world is taking notice.

It’s in the middle of this expanding industry that author Carla Carlton takes the time to connect all the dots for you, the bourbon enthusiast. She concisely maps out the seeds of the newest trends and shows why certain classic bourbon brands and bottles have grown while others have been washed away.

This special edition e-only book is a wonderful and informative read on its own and is also the perfect chaser to Carlton’s Barrel Strength Bourbon, now out in bookstores and online everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578605774
Publisher:	Clerisy Press
Publication date:	07/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Carla Harris Carlton is an award-winning bourbon journalist and speaker who writes regularly about bourbon in various newspapers and magazines. She also covers all aspects of the industry in her blog TheBourbonBabe.com, which draws readers from around the globe. Her work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, as well as in The New York Times and the Washington Post.

Carla is a founding member and current board member of Bourbon Women, an organization begun in Kentucky in 2010 for women who are passionate about exploring bourbon and the culture that surrounds it. Bourbon Women now has more than 600 members in 23 states and three countries.

Carla comes by her taste for whiskey honestly: Her grandmother worked the bottling line at Seagram’s in Louisville, Kentucky, in the late 1930s, and her grandfather grew his own mint for his yearly Derby Day julep. Her personal bourbon collection recently topped 100 bottles.

Carla lives in Louisville with her husband, Chad, and their children, Harper and Clay, who know way more about bourbon than they probably should.