The Bourbon Drinker's Companion

“Full of wit and insight, Colin Spoelman's enjoyably idiosyncratic book is part travelogue, part memoir, part history. America is going through another golden age of whiskey, and one couldn't ask for a better guide. -- Clay Risen, New York Times reporter, editor, and author of American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit “Like traveling the bourbon landscape with Hunter S. Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, and Willy Wonka. You get contrarian brilliance, insightful authenticity, and pure magic. Get on board.” -- Lew Bryson, author of Whiskey Master Class: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and More “You hold in your hands several hundred pages of cask-strength joy. Colin Spoelman guides us through America’s blossoming whiskey landscape with more charm than a Kentucky colonel fresh off his second drink. There's so much knowledge and wit here—I laughed, I learned, I couldn't put it down.” -- Reid Mitenbuler, author of Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of American Whiskey “Who better to take you on a rousing, in-depth tour of America’s whiskey distilleries than one of the pioneers of the twenty-first-century whiskey revival. Colin’s a true insider with a modern perspective, born from the hills of Kentucky and transplanted to the wilds of Brooklyn, raising up moonshine from a hotplate inside his cramped apartment to create one of America’s leading new distilleries. He knows how this works, he’s done it; he knows how it tastes, he’s made it; he knows where to go, who to see, and what to spend your money on. Buckle in and have your ID ready; you’re in for a wild ride. Glasses up!” -- Robin Robinson, author of The Complete Whiskey Course: A Comprehensive Tasting School in Ten Classes