Spirits Distilled: A Guide to the Ingredients Behind a Better Bottle

Do you know what’s in your drink? Which grains go into your favorite Bourbon? What makes an artisanal Tequila? Or why molasses-based rum is so different in flavor from its sugarcane juice counterpart?

In ​Spirits Distilled, San Francisco World Spirits judge and spirits educator Nat Harry travels the world from Oaxaca and Islay to Okinawa and Louisville to showcase elixirs from the ground up-3/4from the raw ingredients and skilled hands that form the backbone of the world’s most popular (and underappreciated) spirits. Filled with maps, photos, infographics, and bottle and cocktail recommendations.

NAT HARRY is a spirits judge and cocktail professional with more than 15 years of experience in the beverage industry. A career bartender, Harry fell in love with artisan spirits while running a farm to table bar program at Berkeley’s Revival Bar & Kitchen and curating the spirits portfolio as a buyer for fine artisanal spirits distributor Cask. Harry has been the recipient of the East Bay Express award for Best Bartender in California’s East Bay and Seven Fifty Daily’s San Francisco Rising Star award. They have been a judge for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition since 2020.