The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks (67 page)

On the academic and botanical side, thanks go to: SUNY Buffalo law professor Mark Bartholomew for a fascinating discussion of trademarks; the USDA's David H. Gent for help on hops; Amy Iezzoni at Michigan State University for insight into cherries; Scott Calhoun, Greg Starr, and Randy Baldwin for cactus and agave expertise; Stark Bros. Nursery for damson plums; University of British Columbia's Michael Blake for his sugarcane research; Alan Fryar of University of Kentucky for his expertise in limestone; Stuart Swanson of the Scottish Crop Research Institute; hop farmers Darren Gamache and Gayle Goschie; archeologist Patrick McGovern; James Luby at University of Minnesota on grapes; Lena Struwe and Rocky Graziose at Rutgers on gentian; Jeff Gillman at University of Minnesota for botanical inquiries of all sorts; Cornell pomologists Ian Merwin and Susan Brown; Cornell's champion of the black currant Steven
McKay; Véronique Van de Ponseele at France's Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Humboldt State chemistry professor Kjirsten Wayman; Tom Elias and Jacquelyn Kallunki at New York Botanical Garden on angostura; Laura Ackley for her Panama Exposition expertise; the German translation team at Filomel and the French translation team of Vic Stewart and Guy Vicente; Kandie Adkinson at Kentucky's Office of the Secretary of State; superstar librarians Axel Borg at UC Davis; Linda L. Oestry at Missouri Botanical Garden; the Bancroft Library staff; and Matthew Miles and everyone else at the Humboldt County Library and Humboldt State University library.

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A

α-crocin,
224

α-pinene,
171

α-terpineol,
298

Abbott's Bitters,
197

Abipón tribe,
117

Abrialii lavender,
330

absinthe,
40
,
66
,
106
,
178
,
200
–
3

Absolut vodka,
109

acacias,
252

Acer saccharum,
257
–
58

palmatum,
258

achiote tree,
269

acholado,
69

Acmella oleracea,
329

acocote
,
3

Acorus calamus
(
A. americanus
),
148

Acremonium,
84

Adams, John,
101

Adiantum capillus-veneris,
185
–
87

Aframomum melegueta,
168

agaric,
233

Agastache foeniculum,
180
,
322

agava,
15

agave,
2
–
16

bugs in booze,
16

field guide to,
11

French intervention,
13

list of spirits,
15

mezcal,
4
–
10

100%,
11

protecting the plants,
10
,
13
–
14

pulque,
2
–
4

Weber Blue,
12

Agave americana,
15

angustifolia,
6
,
15

asperrima,
15

atrovirens,
15

cocui,
15

complicate,
15

crassispina,
15

ferox,
15

gracilipes,
15

hookeri,
15

inaequidens,
15

lechuguilla,
15

milliflua,
15

potatorum,
15

salmiana,
15

tequilana,
2
–
16

weberi,
15

agave moth,
16

agave snout weevil,
14
,
16

Agriculture Department, U.S.,
70

aguamiel,
2

aguardiente,
68
,
102
,
131

Agwa liqueur,
155

albedo,
299

alder,
234
–
5

ale,
211

alembic pot still,
24

Aleppo pine,
250

Alexander the Great,
96

alkermes,
153

allasch,
150

allspice,
136
–
38

almond,
260
,
262
,
307
–
8

aloe,
138
–
39
,
157

Aloe vera,
138
–
39

aloin,
139

Aloysia citrodora,
322

triphylla,
175
–
77

Alpha calendula,
328

alpha acids,
213

alpine strawberries,
347
,
350

Alpinia galangal,
162

officinarum,
162

Altissima rum,
106

Amanita muscaria,
233

amaretto,
153
,
260
,
262

Amaretto di Saronno,
260
,
308

Amaro Averna,
163

Amaro del Carciofo,
143

amarogentin,
163
–
64

amaro
s,
139
,
143
,
153

Amarula Cream,
121

Ambrosia melon,
346

Amer Picon liqueur,
275

American Agriculturist,
92

American Gin Company,
278

American Medical Association,
245

American white oak,
55

ammonium,
33

Amomum subulatum,
151

amygdalin,
260

amylase,
115

Anacardium occidentale,
113

Ananus comosus,
347

Anderson, James,
84
–
85

anethole,
178
–
84

Anethum graveolens,
322

Angel Red,
335

Angelica,
140
–
41
,
200
,
322

Angelica archangelica,
140

angels' share,
51

angostura,
228
–
33

bitters,
163

Angostura trifoliata,
228
–
33

animal intoxication,
132
,
246

anise,
179
,
200

star,
183
,
200

anise hyssop,
180
,
322

Anti-Saloon League,
261

Aperol liqueur,
163

Apium graveolens,
346

apple,
17
–
30
,
334

bugs in booze,
29

Calvados,
17
,
22
–
24

cashew,
113
–
14

cider,
18
–
22

genetics of,
17

grow your own,
18

spirits made from,
22
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23

Vavilov Affair,
25

Washington and,
23
–
24

yeast and,
26
–
28

apple brandy,
22

apple liqueur,
22

apple wine,
22

applejack,
22
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23
–
24

apricot,
260
–
62
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307
,
308
,
334

aqua vitae,
34

aquavit,
149
–
50

Arabian jasmine,
218

Arapaho blackberry,
342

Araucania araucana,
122
–
23

araucania,
122
–
23

Arbequina olive,
335

Arbutus unedo,
131
–
32

Arctander, Steffen,
148

Ardbeg Scotch,
40

Aristotle,
241

Armagnac,
68

arolla stone pine,
250

aromatized wines,
63
,
65

Arp rosemary,
323

arrack,
102
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119
,
186

Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction distillery,
192

Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy
(Glasse),
255
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56

Artemisia absinthium,
66
,
200
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3

capestris,
203

genipi,
203

glacialis,
203

pontica,
203

rupestris,
203

umbelliformus,
203

artichoke,
142
–
43

Artocarpus heterophyllus,
120

arzente,
68

ascorbic acid,
256

Asparagales,
2

Aspergillus oryzae,
79
–
80

asters,
142
–
43
,
159
,
200
–
203
,
205

Aureus hops,
216
,
342

Austen, Jane,
255

Australian Herbal Liqueur,
246

autumn crocus,
223

Averell Damson Gin Liqueur,
278

Averna Amaro,
314

Aviation,
225
,
226

Aviation gin,
x
,
191

avocados,
118
,
144

Azande tribe,
117

Aztec tribe,
352

B

Β-asarone,
148

Β-phellandrene,
140

bacanora,
10
,
15

Bacardi rum,
94

bacteria,
3
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4
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119

bagasse,
101

baijiu,
88
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90
,
94

Bajtra liqueur,
126

bamboo wine,
130

banana,
112

Banks, Joseph,
255

Bärenjäger liqueur,
117

bargnolino,
284

barley,
31
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41

botany of beer,
32
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34

breeding a better grain,
39

domestication of,
32

fertilizer and,
35
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37

grow your own,
36

growing the perfect,
34
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37

malted,
31
,
37
,
39

spring or winter,
35

two-row or six-row,
34
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35

Bartlett pears,
30

basil,
322

Batavia Arrack,
102
,
186

Baudoinia compniacensis,
51

bay laurel,
144

bay rum,
137

Bayer,
220

beans,
133
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160
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61
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182
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197
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252
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54

Bearss lime,
298

Beaux Arts Fizz,
338

Bee Vodka,
117

beer

ale and lager,
211

banana,
112

botany of,
32
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34

brown bottles for,
212

cassava,
115
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17

color of,
33

hops and,
210
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17

invention of,
32

psychoactive,
87

rice and,
76
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82

sorghum,
90
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92

wheat,
107
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10

Beerenburg,
144

bees,
116
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17

Ben Lomond currant,
266
,
342

Bendistillery,
172

Benedictine,
86
,
138
,
140
,
174
,
188
,
199
,
224

benzyl acetate,
218

Beowulf Braggot,
117

Berlin Decree,
105

Bernard Loiseau Liqueur de Poires Laurier,
144

Bernhardt, Sarah,
154

berries,
340
–
44

betel leaf,
145
–
46

Betula papyrifera,
234
–
35

betulinic acid,
235

Bianca hops,
216
,
342

Big Mackey plum,
335

bin Laden, Osama,
252

birch,
234
–
35
,
312
–
13

birthworts,
157

bison grass,
146
–
47

Bison Grass Cocktail,
147

bitter almond,
307

bitter orange,
287
–
91
,
300
,
335

bittersharp apples,
21