ASSOULINE The Impossible Collection of Whiskey By Clay Risen longsleeve and Elvis Presley

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ASSOULINE The Impossible Collection of Whiskey By Clay Risen longsleeve and Elvis PresleyWhether served neat, on the rocks, or stirred into a cocktail, whiskey is often praised as the finest spirit in the world. On paper it might sound like a simple concoctionwater and grain, fermented by yeast, then aged in a wood caskbut whiskey is about so much more than its physical ingredients. During the middle ages, Europeans called it aqua vitae, or water of life, a name that speaks to the cultural, social, and historical significance that this