title: Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic and Original Cocktails
author:  Michael Dietsch 
description: Michael Dietschis a writer, editor, and accidental bartender in Brooklyn. He is a contributor at SeriousEats.com and writes about spirits and cocktails at the website A Dash of Bitters. When hes not mixing drinks, hes smoking huge chunks of meat, grilling vegetables, bicycling, or enjoying a fine cigar. The author of Shrubs, he lives in Reston, Virginia, with his family.
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  To my parents: Patricia, who doesn’t drink whiskey,  
  and Virgil, who did
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![images](../images/f0008-01.jpg)
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  ![images](../images/line1.jpg)
  
  
  [**INTRODUCTION**](intro.html#intro)
  
  
  [_Chapter 1_  
   **WHAT IS WHISKEY?**](ch01.html#ch01)
  
  
  [_Chapter 2_  
   **INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL WHISKEY**](ch02.html#ch02)
  
  
  [_Chapter 3_  
   **HOW TO MAKE A COCKTAIL**](ch03.html#ch03)
  
  
  [_Chapter 4_  
   **HISTORIC WHISKEY COCKTAILS**](ch04.html#ch04)
  
  
  [1860–1899: The First Golden Age of the Cocktail](ch04a.html#ch04a)
  
  
  [1900–1920: Pre-Prohibition Whiskey Cocktails](ch04b.html#ch04b)
  
  
  [1920–1933: Prohibition-Era Whiskey Cocktails](ch04c.html#ch04c)
  
  
  [1933–1999: Post-Prohibition Whiskey Cocktails](ch04d.html#ch04d)
  
  
  [2000–Today: Cocktail Renaissance, or the Second Golden Age of the
  Cocktail](ch04e.html#ch04e)
  
  
  [_Chapter 5_  
   **MIXER RECIPES**](ch05.html#ch05)
  
  
  [**Acknowledgments**](ack.html)
  
  
  [**Inde