Amy Stewart The Drunken Botanist hummingbirdfeeder Profuse white flower corymbs cover

Profuse white flower corymbs cover arching stems in late spring

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The crows' beaks open and close with the flow of water

double violet-blue blooms in fall

Amy Stewart The Drunken Botanist hummingbirdfeeder Profuse white flower corymbs coverThe Plants that create the world's great drinks by Seattle Author Amy Stewart. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of