Tristan Stephenson is a bar expert, writer and businessman who has been working in the hospitality industry for almost 20 years. According to Class Magazine, he became the Bartender of the Year in 2012, and in 2018 he was included in the Harpers Hot 50 list. He is the co-founder of about a dozen bars and restaurants, the author of the Curious Bartender podcast and YouTube channel. Writing about spirits and coffee, as well as consulting on cocktail recipe development and opening bars.Tristan Stephenson, whiskey connoisseur and author of the bestselling Curious Bartender series, takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the world's most interesting distilleries. The author tells the story of the origin of this drink: from the first attempts at distillation in Ancient China and the invention of a dubious medieval medicine known as aqua vitae, to modern whiskey. as well as recipes for exquisite whiskey cocktails.