At the height of Prohibition, a man walked up to his wife in a Cincinnati park. He pulled a pearl-handled gun and pulled the trigger. She would die soon after. The murder of Imogene Remus by her husband George became a sensation because Geroge Remus was possibly the most successful bootlegger in American history. In Karen Abbott’s fantastic new look at the case, we meet George and Imogene and the betrayal that led to the day shots rang out in Eden Park.

Order, Order! by Ben Wright

A book that is essentially a history of political drinking and the use of various forms of alcohol in politics could turn out to be a wet weekend of nothing more than drunken anecdotes or a dry cautionary tale on the dangers of drinking. Wright, a Political Corespondent for the BBC, walks a fine line and hits the sweet spot between the two brilliantly. Order, Order!, while genuinely hilarious at times, is a sobering look at booze and it's affects on those who attempt to hold onto power.

Boutique-y Caol Ila Batch 1

This is a review of the rather lovely That Boutique-y Whisky Company's Caol Ila Batch 1 bottling. It is a no age statement bottling following the company's project of finding "minuscule parcels of forgotten stock/lost casks" of whisky that we get to enjoy. Which, noble effort aside, brings me to my complaint. I have been pretty positive in the things I've talked about on this site and, frankly, I'm going to be pretty positive about this wee dram, but its the histrionics about the tasting bits that I'm going to go on a bit for.