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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
1 | “Contrary to the Nature of the English”: The Failure of Beer and Wine
Apple Cider Sidecar
Simple Syrup
2 | “That Damn’d Devil’s Piss”: The Rise of Rum
Rum Punch
Shrub
Jerry Thomas’s Toddy
3 | Southern Drinking on the Eve of the Revolution
Brandy Punch
4 | Three Times Around the Horn: Madeira Emerges
Creole Contentment
5 | Revolutionary Spirits: An Interlude
Tiki the Hut
Black Walnut Orgeat
6 | Rye Whiskey and Corn Liquor
Whiskey Toddy
7 | The Cocktail in Antebellum New Orleans
Brandy Cocktail
The Crusta
8 | The Mint Julep
Antebellum Mint Julep
9 | Madeira and the Creation of Connoisseurship
10 | The Whiskey Boom
Whiskey Cobbler
11 | The Civil War
The Real Rhett Butler
12 | By the Light of the Moon: The Rise of Illegal Whiskey Distilling During the Reconstruction Era
Moonshine Margarita
13 | The Golden Age of Whiskey
14 | The Golden Age of the Southern Cocktail
The Sazerac
The Ramos Gin Fizz
The Original (Perhaps) Roffignac Cocktail
Himbeeressig, or Raspberry Vinegar Syrup
15 | Southern Punch: “The Killer of Time, the Destroyer of Bitter Memory, the Mortal Enemy of Despair”
Admiral Dewey’s Artillery Punch
Pre-Prohibition Charleston Light Dragoon Punch
Saint Cecilia Punch
Otranto Club Punch
16 | Southern Suds: The South Masters Brewing
17 | The South and Temperance
Bourbon and Coke Rebooted
Coca-Cola Simple Syrup
18 | National Prohibition
19 | Four Roses and Rebel Yell: Rebounding from Prohibition
Martin Cuneo’s Pendennis Club Mint Julep
20 | King Pappy: The Decline and Rebirth of Southern Drinking
The Julian
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Image Sources and Credits
About the Author
Index
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