Texas Christian University Press
Shots of Knowledge: The Science of Whiskey
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- Rob Arnold
- Texas Christian University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780875656540
- 12.3 X 12.3 X 0.8 inches
- 3.3 pounds
- Cooking > Beverages - Alcoholic- General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
While the essays are subdivided into three sections--From Sunshine to Sugar, From Wee Beasties to White Dogs, and From Barrel to Brain--the reader is free to sip them in any order. The story commences with water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight; travels through the manufacturing process; and ends with the molecules that entertain the palate.
Whether the topic is photosynthesis, bubble caps, oak speciation, or a mechanistic enzymology, the essays seek to reveal the simple beauty too often hidden in science and engineering. At approximately one page in length, each essay and accompanying artwork can be digested slowly at the rate estimated at three essays per bourbon or Scotch.
Each essay is summarized in one or two sentences in a single Shot of Knowledge. Iconography anchors each essay in the production process. Inspiration for the book derived from a productive collision between individuals from TCU and the Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company.
Author Bio
Rob Arnold is the master distiller at the TX Whiskey distillery and a third-generation member of the whiskey industry. He is the coauthor of Shots of Knowledge: The Science of Whiskey (2016) and is a PhD candidate in plant breeding and genetics at Texas A&M University.
Source: Columbia University Press
Arnold, a Kentucky native, has degrees from the University of Tennessee and UT Southwestern Medical School and has been pursuing his Ph.D. in plant breeding at Texas A&M under the supervision of Seth Murray, Texas A&M professor and the Butler Chair for Corn Breeding and Genetics.
Source: Texas A&M Today
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