This batch of new drink books, mostly released in September and early October 2020, includes everything from non-alcoholic drinks to cocktails inspired by gangsters, real and imagined, global cocktails hard seltzer and other fizzy drinks, two new books from The Aviary, and a lot more. It's kind of a lot,... Read more →
I recently read the book, Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water by Kim Walker and Mark Nesbitt. As you know, I also wrote a self-published book about the history of the Gin & Tonic, but mine doesn't have the rich illustrations of this handsome hardbound book -... Read more →
A little global pandemic won't stop cocktail books from coming out this summer! In this posting we have books coming out in June 2020 or before (along with a couple I missed from the end of 2019/beginning of 2020). They star some of the big names in bartending: Eric Alperin,... Read more →
Turns out, they were wrong about some stuff. Read more →
More than 70 cocktails and spirits books (plus a few on cider, beer, and spiritzes) published in 2019. Read more →
It's time for the big list of pre-holiday cocktail book releases! Read more →
A new batch of drink books has arrived! This time around it's mostly recipe books, with four! of them on gin. As usual, the descriptions below are not reviews by me but text from the publishers. Links are to purchase on Amazon. The Big Book of Gin by Dan Jones... Read more →
Sixty-plus drink books released in 2018. Wowza. Read more →