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Absolutely. She writes well and the best thing about it is that she doesn’t let the research or the academic side get in the way of the story. It clearly shows the references—if you want to look something up, you can—and there’s nice annexing and indexing. But it’s narrative-driven, as opposed to being just academic, although it is an academic project. There are obviously way more than 300 gins to choose from these days (this book was published in 2015) – there are probably 300 different ones in Australia alone. However, Aaron’s style of writing is refreshingly approachable.

Tristan Stephenson certainly started as a bartender. He then went on to own his own bars and still does. He’s done an incredibly successful series of books. The Curious Bartender is, I suppose, a series in its own right. He’s done rum, whiskey, gin, and, of course, bartending. Is a lot of that going to these artisanal gins that you’re referring to? Or is it mostly going to the big brands?

The Gin Dictionary / by David T. Smith

Dave puts each gin into a ‘flavour camp’ e.g. Citric/Juniper, gives a short summary and then scores each gin’s performance in four different gin drinks – in a Gin and tonic, with Sicilian lemonade, in a Negroni and a martini. There are also an abundance of recipes for you to try too! The gin manual has carefully researched and detailed chapters on the history and production of gin, but really comes into its own when looking at individual gins. Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount.

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Let’s go through the books you’ve chosen. The first one on the list is Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason (2002) by Jessica Warner. It’s an illustrated history about the gin craze in the 18th century. It’s quite ironic because, these days, gin and tonic has slightly posh connotations—but it started off as a drink of the poor.

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