Cocktails and spirits books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Bar-tenders' Guide
Jerry ThomasAn early American bartending manual with recipes and service instructions; it is widely cited as the first such guide.
The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry CraddockA London bar book recording cocktails of the 1920s, many of them from the American bartending tradition of the time.
The Joy of Mixology
Gary ReganA widely used modern reference on classic cocktails, spirits and the principles of balance.
Liquid Intelligence
Dave ArnoldApplies kitchen and laboratory techniques, such as clarification, carbonation and infusion, to drink-making.
The Drunken Botanist
Amy StewartCovers the plants used in spirits and cocktails, linking botany and drinks history.
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More cocktails and spirits books
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Meehan's Bartender ManualJim Meehan - Bitters
BittersBrad Thomas Parsons - Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari
Beachbum Berry's Sippin' SafariJeff Berry - The Bar Book
The Bar BookJeffrey Morgenthaler - American Bar
American BarCharles Schumann - Smuggler's Cove
Smuggler's CoveMartin Cate - Cocktails, Cocktails & More Cocktails!
Cocktails, Cocktails & More Cocktails!Kester Thompson - The joy of cooking
The joy of cookingIrma S. Rombauer1931 - Cocktail codex
Cocktail codexAlex Day2018 - The rich get richer and the poor get prison
The rich get richer and the poor get prisonJeffrey H. Reiman1979 - Bartending for dummies
Bartending for dummiesRay Foley1997 - The complete bartender
The complete bartenderRobyn M. Feller1990