The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks
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Meyer, Frank N., 296, 297
Meyer lemon, 294, 296, 334
mezcal, 4–16
bugs in booze, 16
field guide to, 11
list of spirits, 15
tasting, 14
Micheladas, 133
Michelberger 35% liqueur, 197
Midas Touch beer, 223
mijiu, 81
mildew, 39
millet, 89
Minnesota 13 corn, 50
mint, 159, 165, 174, 180, 324, 330–31
Mint Julep, 325, 326
mirabelle plum, 277, 279, 335
miracle fruit, 346
mistelle, 65
Mister Lincoln rose, 329
mixtos, 10, 11
Miyama Nishiki rice, 78
mobbie, 73
Mojito mint, 323, 325
Mojito y Mas, 104
mojo, 287
molasses, 101, 102, 106
Molasses Act of 1733, 101
Mongozo Brewery, 112
Monin Original Lime liqueur, 298
monkey puzzle, 122–23
monkey rum, 93
Moor Park apricot, 260
Moore, Marianne, 122
moonshine, 28
corn, 47, 49, 50
sorghum, 92–93
morning glory, 73
Morris, Chris, 50
Moscow Mule, 74, 167
mountain laurel, 144
Mourt’s Relation, 210, 213
Moutai, 94
Moxie, 165
Mud Puddle vodka, 269
mudai, 123
muddling, xvii
mulberries, 120, 270–71
Munstead lavender, 328, 330
Musa acuminata, 112
muscatel (moscatel), 62
muscovado sugar, 100
musk lorikeet, 246
musk strawberry, 350
musto verde, 69
myrcene, 171
Myristica fragrans, 188
myrrh, 249
myrtles, 136–38, 152–53, 245–46
Mysore cardamom, 151
N
Nabhan, Gary Paul, 6
nama, 82
Napoleon Bonaparte, 105
Napoleon III, 287
nasturtium, 329
Natural History (Pliny the Elder), 83
navai’t, 128
naval spirit, 103–4
Navelina orange, 301
Navel orange, 301, 335
nectarines, 335
Negroni, 143, 163, 164, 292, 295
Nemiroff Birch Special Vodka, 235
Neon calendula, 328
neroli oil, 291, 302
neutral spirits, 106
New Deal Distillery, 269
New Forest: Its Traditions, Inhabitants and Customs, The (Crespigny), 284
New York Times, 70, 76, 338
Nicotiana tabacum, 195–96
nicotine, 195, 196
nightshades, 70–72, 74–75, 195–96, 352–53
nigori, 82
Nipah virus, 119
Nixon, Richard, 88, 94, 95
noble rot, 58
nocino, 315–17
homemade, 316
Nocino della Cristina liqueur, 317
Noir de Bourgogne currant, 266
nopales, 126
Northern United Brewing Company, 106
Nostalgie liqueur, 317
Noyau de Poissy distillery, 262
nutmeg, 157, 188
nuts, 306
see also specific nuts
Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur, 317
O
oak, 52–54
cork, 51
field guide to, 55
oast house, 215
Ocimum basilicum, 322
Odyssey, The (Homer), 117, 219–20
oil of lemon eucalyptus, 245
Old-Fashioned, 25, 48, 163
Old-Fashioned glasses, 16
Old Sugar Distillery, 94, 106
Old Tom gin, 170
Olea europaea, 335
olive, 218–19, 335
brine for, 336
Omachi rice, 78
On Herbs and Their Powers (Falimirz), 72
100% blue agave spirits, 15
opium poppy, 219–20
Opuntia, 126–29
humifusa, 126
orange, 286, 300, 335
liqueurs made from, 305
orange flower water, 302
Orangerie liqueur, 301, 305
orchid, 198–99
O’Rear, James, 47
oregano, 159
Oregon myrtle, 144
Oregon oak, 55
orgeat, 304
Origanum dictamnus, 159
orris, 189
Oryza sativa, 76–82
oude, 170
ouicöu, 115
Oviedo, Fernandez de, 129
Oxytenanthera abyssinica, 130
P
paan, 145–46
pacharán, 284
paciki, 49
Pagès Védrenne distillery, 177
Pálinka, 222
palm, 118–19
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 94
pansies, 329
Papaver somniferum, 219–20
paper birch, 234
paprika, 353
Parfait Amour liqueur, 222, 225
Parker, Lucinda, 244
Parma violets, 226
parsnip, 124–25
“Passing of the Eucalyptus,” 245
Pastinaca sativa, 124–25
pastis, 106, 178–184
Perfect, 181
patxaran, 182, 284
Paul Devoille Distillery, 242
peach, 307, 335
pear, 30
pear brandy, 30
pear cider, 30
peat-smoked barley, 37, 41
pechuga mescal, 9
Peguis jalapeño, 346
Pehuenche people, 123
Pelargonium, 323
pellagra, 89
Pemberton Distillery, 74–75
pentosan, 83
Peppadew pepper, 352
pepper, 346, 352–53
peppers, 145–46, 157
Percy, Walker, 326
Perfect Distiller and Brewer, The, 72
Perfect Pastis, 181
Perfection fennel, 322
Perique Liqueur de Tabac, 195–96
perry, 30
Persian lime, 298
Pesto Perpetuo basil, 322
petitgrain oil, 291
peyote, 7
phenyl-acetic acid, 218–19
Philip, Prince, 104
Philosophical Works (Boyle), xii
phylloxera, 64, 66
Physalis philadelphica, 347
Picea, 255–56
glauca, 256
mariana, 256
rubens, 256
pickles, 349
picrocrocin, 223
pie cherry, 334
pikake jasmine, 218
Pimenta dioica, 136
racemosa, 137
pimento dram, 136, 138
Pimento-L pepper, 346
Pimm’s Cup, 161, 328
Pimm’s No. 1, 161
Pimpinella anisum, 179
piña, 5, 9
pine, 243–44, 250–51, 255–56
pineapple, 347
pineapple sage, 323
Pineau des Charentes wine, 65
pinene, 140
pink peppercorn, 190
Pinot Noir, 64
Pinus, 250–51
cembra, 250
halepensis, 250
Piper betle, 145–46
cubeba, 157
nigrum, 157
piperine, 157
piquanté pepper, 352
Pisco, 69
Pisco Sour, 67
Pistacia lentiscus, 247
pitahaya (pitaya), 128
pith, 299
Pizarro, Francisco, 71
plantains, 112
Pla
ntlife UK, 173
Plat, Sir Hugh, 193
Pliny the Elder, 83, 85, 163, 325
plum, 277–79, 335
Plymouth distillery, 28
Plymouth Gin, 170, 283
pod corn, 46
poet’s jasmine, 218–19
Poire Williams brandy, 30
poison ivy, oak, and sumac, 113, 121, 190
Polka Red raspberry, 342
Polly, 338
Polmos Białystok distillery, 147
POM Wonderful, 335
pomace brandy, 69
pomegranate, 319, 335, 337–39
pomelo, 285, 286, 295, 297, 300, 301
pommeau, 23
pony, xvi
popcorn, 46
poppy, 219–20
port, 62, 63
Portuguese oak, 51, 55
potato, 70–75
artisanal, 74–75
birth of vodka, 72
Incan treasure, 71–72
sweet, 73
prickly pear cactus, 126–29
cochineal and, 129
sangria, 128
spirits from, 128
syrup from, 127
progesterone, 191
Prohibition, 50, 59, 213, 235, 261, 262, 272
prugnolino, 284
Prunus armeniaca, 260–62, 334
avium, 272
cerasus, 271–76, 334
domestica, 277–79, 335
dulcis, 307–8
laurocerasus, 144
mume, 279
persica, 335
salicina, 277
serrulata, 276
spinosa, 281–84, 342
× yedoensis, 276
Pseudotsuga menziesii, 243–44
pulque, 2–4, 15, 45
punch au rhum, 102
Punica granatum, 335, 337–39
Punt e Mes wine, 61, 65
Pure Food and Drug Act, 158, 262
Pyrus communis, 30
Q
quandong, 280
quebrantahuesos, 49
Queen Charlotte violet, 225
Queen Jennie Sorghum Whiskey, 94
Quercus, 51–55
alba, 55
garryana, 55
mogolica, 55
petraea, 55
pyrenaica, 55
robur, 53, 55
quetsche plum, 279
quid, 145
quinine, 237–40, 309, 313
Quinologie, 237
quinquina, 65
R
Raicilla, 10, 15
Rainier cherry, 275
raisins, 264
raki, 182, 271
raksi, 81
Ramos, Henry, 303
Ramos Gin Fizz, 302, 303
Raspail, François, 287
raspberry, 342
ratafia de cassis, 263
Rather, Dan, 88
raw sugar, 100
Ray, John, 136
“real whiskey,” 33
recipes
cocktails, viii
egg whites, xvii
glasses, xvi
ice, xvii
muddling, xvii
serving size, xvi
simple syrup, xvii
syrups, infusions, and garnishes, ix
tonic water, xvii
rectified spirits, 106
red currants, 266, 342
Red Lion Hybrid, 289
Redventure celery, 346
Refrigerator Pickles, 349
Reine Claude plum, 278
resurrection lily, 162
retsina, 250
Rheum rhabarbarum, 347
rhubarb, 347
rhum agricole, 101, 102
Ribena, 264
Ribes americanum, 266
nigrum, 263–67, 342
odoratum, 266
rice, 76–82
as no ordinary grass, 76–77
polishing, 78–79
sake, 76–82
spirits made from, 81–82
varieties of, 78
Ritinitis Nobilis, 250
Rob Roy, 86
Rochefort, Henri, 155
Roman apricot, 260
Roman Beauty rosemary, 323
Roman chamomile, 205
Root liqueur, 192, 235
Rosa, 329
centifolia, 221–22
damascena, 221–22
rubiginosa, 222
roses, 17–30, 187, 221–22, 260–61, 271–76, 277–79, 281–84, 307–8, 350–51
rose hips, 222
rosemary, 323
Rose’s Kola Tonic, 314
Rosmarinus officinalis, 323
rosolio, 193
rowan berry, 281
Royal, 48
Royal Ann, 275
Royal Combier, 249, 287, 305
Royal Horticultural Society, 244, 278
Royal Tannenbaum, 251
Royale pineapple, 347
Rubus, 342
idaeus, 342
rue, 228–33, 285–305
rum, 73, 94, 102
garden cocktails with, 347
making, 99–103
slavery and, 97
rum-verschnitt, 102
Rumona, 197
Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 257
Rusty Nail, 38
rye, 83–87
comeback of, 85–87
founding distiller, 84–85
ryegrass, 84
S
SABMiller, 91–92, 115–16
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 4, 59, 61, 79
Saccharomycetales, 26–28
Saccharum barberi, 97
officinarum, 96–106
sinense, 97
saffron, 151, 198, 223–24
safranal, 223
safrole, 192
sage, 323
St. George Spirits distillery, 69, 298, 300
St-Germain liqueur, 206, 207, 209
St. Nicolaus distillery, 172
St. Regis hotel, 338
sake, 76–82
cocktail, 80
enjoying, 79
nomenclature of, 82
Sake One brewery, 78
salicylic acid, 158
Salvia elegans, 323
officinalis, 323
sambuca, 182, 206
Sambucus canadensis, 208
nigra, 206–9, 328
racemosa, 208
Samuel Adams Summer Ale, 168
sandalwood, 280
sangria, 128
Santa Maria Novella, 189
Santalum acuminatum, 280
Santo cilantro, 322
sarsaparilla, 191, 235
sassafras, 192, 235
Satsuma mandarin, 300
Satureja hortensis, 323
montana, 323
sauterne, 58
Savanna bamboo, 130
savory, 323
Savoy Cocktail Book (Craddock), 261
Sazerac, 184
scale, 56, 129
scented geranium, 323
Schinus molle, 49, 190
terebinthifolius, 190
Schlehenfeuer, 284
Schramm, Tyler, 74–75
Scientific American, 8
Sclerocarya birrea, 121
Scottish Crops Research Institute, 34, 39
Scotch whisky, 37–40, 86
chill filtration and, 40
water and, 40
scurvy, 103, 255, 256, 287
Scyphophorus acupunctatus, 14, 16
Secale cereale, 83–87
Seed, Eric, 225
seeds, 31, 118, 306
see also specific seeds
Senegal gum tree, 252–54
Senegalia senegal, 252–54
Senior Curaçao of Curaçao liqueur, 305
serving size, xvi
Sessile oak, 55
Seville bitter orange, 287–91
shaddock, 300
shandy, 166–67
sharp apples, 21
sherry, 61–63
shochu, 73, 76, 81
–82, 108, 279
Sichuan button, 329
Sicilian lemon, 297
Siegert, Johannes G. B., 229–33
Siembra Azul distillery, 13
Sikkim Paan Liqueur, 145–46
Sikotok cloves, 153
Simmonds, Arthur, 278
simple syrup, xvii, 100
garden-infused, 324
Sinistrari, Ludovico Maria, 157
Siputih cloves, 153
Sirionó tribe, 117
sirop de gomme, 254
slavery, 97, 257, 273, 275
slivovitz, 279
sloe berry, 281–84, 342
sloe gin, 170, 281–84
Sloe Gin Fizz, 283
Slow Bolt cilantro, 322
Smilax regelii, 191
Smirnoff vodka, 94, 167
Smith, John, 42
snag gin, 281
Snap liqueur, 166
soda and bitters, 230
soft drinks, 235, 248, 252
soju, 73, 81, 94
Solanum berthaultii, 71
lycopersicum, 6, 347
maglia, 71
tuberosum, 70–75
soleras, 63
Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur, 301, 305
Sonnentau Likör, 194
sonti, 81
sorbitol, 30
Sorbus aucuparia, 281
sorghum, 88–95
American, 92–94
beer made from, 90–92
mao-tai, 88, 94–95
as most-imbibed plant, 90
survival of the fittest, 88–89
sweet and grain, 89
syrup, 92–94
witchweed and, 95
Sorghum bicolor, 88–95
Sorgrhum, 94
Sorrento lemon, 297
sotol, 10, 15
sour cherry, 276
sour orange, 286, 301
Spacemaster 80 cucumber, 346
Spanish jasmine, 218
spearmint, 325–26
Species Plantarum (Linnaeus), 200
Spice Islands, 152
spices, 135
see also specific spices
spilanthol, 329
spitters, 17
spitting, 44–45, 115, 123
Springbank distillery, 37
spruce, 255–56
spruce beer, 255–56
spurges, 115–16, 236
Square One vodka, 85
Stalin, Joseph, 25
star anise, 183, 200
star-vine, 183
Steenkamp, Johan, 352
Stepan Company, 155
straight bourbon, 48
straight rye whiskey, 85
straight whiskey, 33, 109
strawberry, 347, 350–51
strawberry tree, 131–32
Strega, 140, 141, 224
Striga, 95
Stroh 80 rum, 106
strychnine, 158, 232, 233
succade, 293
sugar, 100
sugar beet, 105–6
sugar maple, 257–58
sugarcane, 43, 73, 96–106
birth of, 96–97
botany of a cane, 98–99
cultivars, 98
guide to spirits, 102
making rum, 99–103
naval spirit, 103–4
sugar primer, 100
sundew, 193–94
Sungold tomato, 347
Sunshine Flashback calendula, 328
Suntory distillery, 48
“supercassis,” 263–64
superfine sugar, 100
Suro-Piñera, David, 13–14
Sutherland Gold elderflower, 328
Suze wine, 163, 164
swamp whiskey, 92
Swanston, Stuart, 34, 37, 39