Lost Recipes of Prohibition

Annotated and explained, a secret collection of illicit booze recipes—hidden in a volume of poetry during American Prohibition.

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By adding extracts, essences and oils to moonshine, during Prohibition bootleggers would simulate the taste of drinks that were impossible to procure. An anonymous doctor compiled more than 200 recipes for “compounding” spirits and here Matthew Rowley gives an overview of the process, updating some of the recipes for modern distillers, bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts.