Lew Bryson travels through the great whiskey-producing regions exploring the unique characteristics of each spirit and allows the reader to refine his tasting skills and have some fun with whiskey cocktails.

"Ever since he made friends with the sheriff of Warbonnet County, Pike Shannon has struggled to sell his family's famous moonshine and stay on the right side of the law. His solution? Deliver a shipment of whiskey barrels to the dry-as-dust Pecan County--a week-long journey--and no one would be any the wiser. It won't be easy, though. Pike's sweetheart, Sophie Truesdale, is part of a temperance movement that will stop at nothing to keep this wagon...

"#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series--a sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a facade of privilege and prosperity while secrets and indiscretions threaten its very foundation...In Charlemont, Kentucky, the Bradford family is the crème la crème of high society--just like their exclusive brand of bourbon. And their complicated lives and vast estate are run by a...

In March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a domestic excise tax on whiskey to balance America’s national debt. The law, known colloquially as the "Whiskey Act," disproportionately penalized farmers in the backcountry, while offering favorable tax incentives designed to protect larger distillers. Although Hamilton viewed the law as a means of both collecting revenue and forcefully imposing federal...