{"product_id":"dusty-booze-in-search-of-vintage-spirits-9781419766794","title":"Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining journey into the booming world of vintage spirits, the quirky and intensely passionate \"dusty hunters\" who chase them, and the history they reveal, from an acclaimed author and journalist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, \u003c\/i\u003e journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, tequila, rum, chartreuse--you name it--from estate sales, grandpa's liquor cabinet, and out-of-the-way and inner-city liquor stores that may just have a case or a few bottles lying around in the basement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What Goldfarb and these \"dusty hunters\" discover are more than just bottles from bygone brands or old formulations no longer available--they find portals into history. Spirits, once bottled, don't age like wine. A bourbon from the 1935 lets you savor the end of Prohibition. A 1940s rum cocktail with actual 1940s rum tastes the way it would to a GI returning from WWII. An old Italian amaro captures la dolce vita in a glass, and vintage gin is a drinkable time capsule from \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e-era lunchtime martinis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDusty Booze \u003c\/i\u003emixes the history of our drinking culture and the Indiana Jones-meets-Simpsons Comic Book Guy adventures of the collectors, including the hunt for rumored stash from a reclusive Hollywood legend. This is a buoyant, thirst-triggering voyage into a unique subculture that has exploded in popularity in recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419766794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Aaron Goldfarb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544107385013,"sku":"9781419766794","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b268c921-ad84-459f-b0ea-799515dbad10.jpg?v=1706119044","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dusty-booze-in-search-of-vintage-spirits-9781419766794","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}