{"product_id":"bottom-shelf-how-a-forgotten-brand-of-bourbon-saved-one-mans-life","title":"Bottom Shelf: How a Forgotten Brand of Bourbon Saved One Man's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnick, Fred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e **USA TODAY BESTSELLER**\u003cbr\u003e\n\"This book ain't just about whiskey. It's about heart, healing, and finding meaning in the most unexpected places.\" ―Terry Bradshaw, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback\u003cbr\u003e\nA forgotten bottle. A buried legacy. And one man determined to uncover the truth about his favorite bourbon.\u003cbr\u003e\nBefore he became one of the most influential voices in American whiskey, Fred Minnick was a combat veteran wrestling with the invisible wounds of war. What started as a quiet exploration of taste and ritual soon became something more―a way to calm his mind, reconnect with his senses, and slowly rebuild a life.\u003cbr\u003e\nToday, Fred's palate shapes the industry. His reviews move markets, his instincts set trends. So when he casually named a dusty 1969 bottle of Old Crow as his all-time favorite in an interview, the response was seismic: prices soared from $40 to $3,000 almost overnight. But behind the buzz was a deeper mystery. Once revered by presidents, poets, and distillers alike, Old Crow had been stripped of its legacy and banished to the bottom shelf. Why was one of bourbon's most iconic brands abandoned―and what really happened to the whiskey itself?\u003cbr\u003e\nPart memoir, part whiskey-world investigation, Bottom Shelf unearths the forgotten history of America's most misunderstood bourbon―and reveals how one man's search for flavor became a fight to rediscover meaning, purpose, and truth in a world full of half-truths and tall tales.\u003cbr\u003e\n\"From the first page, this is an honest, fascinating, and moving discovery not just of the great American spirit that is bourbon, but of the great American spirit within Fred himself.\"―Graham McTavish, actor and #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Clanlands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464227059\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 17-02-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54014890246490,"sku":"1464227055","price":18.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1006\/5762\/7482\/files\/81meX8czUdL.jpg?v=1776445163","url":"https:\/\/shoppingterra.ro\/products\/bottom-shelf-how-a-forgotten-brand-of-bourbon-saved-one-mans-life","provider":"ShoppingTerra","version":"1.0","type":"link"}