Virginia Honey
9781467146890
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Honeybees have been a part of Virginia's history since they arrived with the first European colonists.
They were Jamestown's valuable addition, a Civil War soldier's sweet if painful temptation, and served as home front heroes when the world wars caused sugar shortages. In recent years mead has seen a resurgence along with beekeeping, and has claimed a place as a craft beverage in the Old Dominion.
Join author Virginia Johnson to hunt escaped swarms flying wild in the forests, visit modern-day observation hives and follow the mead path across the Commonwealth for a taste of history.
Virginia Distilled
9781467144285
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Raise a glass to Virginia, birthplace of American spirits, and its long history of distilling and imbibing.
Colonist George Thorpe first crafted "corn beere,'? an ancestor to bourbon, in 1620 at Berkeley Plantation, and George Washington once operated one of the nation's largest distilleries. Icy mint juleps were first served in Virginia until the state was one of the first to enact Prohibition. That dark period gave rise to bootlegging, moonshining, and even NASCAR.
Through well documented research, interviews with key stakeholders, and plenty of cocktail recipes for the reader to shake and stir at home, author Patrick Evans-Hylton showcases the rich history of 400 years of drinking in the Commonwealth.
