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Gin has been a drink of kings infused with smashed pearls and rose petals, and a glass or two of the poor flavored with turpentine and sulfuric acid. Blessed in alchemists' stills and monastery kitchens, its first incarnations were juniper flavored medicines used to prevent plague, ease the aches and pains of childbirth, even to treat too little courage. In The Reserve of Gin, Richard Barnett traces the life of the beguiling soul, once thought to cause a new kind of drunkenness. In the 18th hundred years, gin-craze debauchery (and course conflict) motivated Hogarth's satirical masterpieces "Gin Lane" and "Beer Street". In the 19th hundred years, gin was drunk by Napoleonic Conflict naval heroes, at lavish gin palaces, and by homesick colonials, who put together it using their bitter anti-malarial tonics. In the early 20th hundred years, the illicit cocktail culture of prohibition made gin often dangerous bath tub gin fashionable again. And today, with the progress of smallbatch distilling, gin has once-again enjoyed a resurgence. Wide-ranging, impeccably investigated, and packed with illuminating experiences, The Reserve of Gin is lively and fascinating, an indispensable record of a sophisticated and notorious drink.
