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Shots of Knowledge Author: Eric E. Simanek

ISBN: 9780875656540 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 160 Published: 7 October 2016 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 21.6 x 2.0 Description: Shots of Knowledge is a guidebook for whiskey lovers. Organized into approximately sixty illustrated essays, the book samples selected topics in whiskey production through the lenses of science and engineering.  

While the essays are subdivided into three sections-From Sunshine to Sugar, From Wee Beasties to White Dogs, andFrom Barrel to Brain-the reader is free to sip them in any order. The story commences with water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight; travels through the manufacturing process; and ends with the molecules that entertain the palate.

Whether the topic is photosynthesis, bubble caps, oak speciation, or a mechanistic enzymology, the essays seek to reveal the simple beauty too often hidden in science and engineering. At approximately one page in length, each essay and accompanying artwork can be digested slowly at the rate estimated at three essays per bourbon or Scotch.

Each essay is summarized in one or two sentences in a single  "Shot of Knowledge." Iconography anchors each essay in the production process. Inspiration for the book derived from a productive col...

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