The Drinksonomy Drinkshelf
These are all of the drinks-related books from my own collection, along with some basic details and a simple rating to help you decide what would be good additions to your bookshelf.
Review scale:- 4 => I'd save up my lunch money to buy 😈
- 3 => I'd buy it with my own money 😍
- 2 => I'd let somebody buy it for me 😎
- 1 => I'd let somebody give it to me 😑
- 0 => Not worth having 🤬
Drinksonomy Sources
- 1001 Questions…
Every Bartender and Lounge Lizard Should Know How To Answer
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 2005 Published by: Bar Media - 😍 3-Ingredient Cocktails — by Robert Simonson ca. 2017 Published by: Ten Speed Press
- 😎 A History of the World in 6 Glasses — by Tom Standage ca. 2005 Published by: Walker & Company
- 😍 A Proper Drink
The untold story of how a band of bartenders saved the civilized drinking world
— by Robert Simonson ca. 2016 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😍 A Visual Guide to Drink — by Ben Gibson & Patrick Mulligan ca. 2015 Published by: Avery/Pop Chart Lab
- 😈 Amaro
The spirited world of bittersweet, herbal liqueurs; with cocktails, recipes, and formulas
— by Brad Thomas Parsons ca. 2016 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😍 Aperitif
A Spirited Guide to the Drinks, History, and Culture of the Aperitif
— by Kate Hawkings ca. 2018 Published by: Quadrille - 😍 Apéritif
Cocktail Hour the French Way; 100 Recipes for Drinks & Snacks
— by Rebekah Peppler ca. 2018 Published by: Clarkson Potter - 😎 Bar-Tenders Guide
Containing receipts for mixing all kinds of Punch, Egg Nog, Juleps, Smashes, Cobblers, Cocktails, Sangarees, Mulls, Toddies, Slings, Sours, Flips and 200 other fancy drinks
— by Jerry Thomas ca. 1887/2008 Published by: Ross Bolton - 😍 Batch Cocktails
Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion
— by Maggie Hoffman ca. 2019 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😍 Be Your Own Bartender
A Surefire Guide to Finding (and Making) Your Perfect Cocktail
— by Carey Jones & John McCarthy ca. 2018 Published by: Countryman Press - 🤔 Bitterman's Field Guide to Bitters and Amari
500 Bitters * 50 Amari; 123 recipes for cocktails, food & homemade bitters
— by Mark Bitterman ca. 2015 Published by: Andrews MccMeel Publishing - 😈 Bitters
A spirited history of a classic cure-all with cocktails, recipes and formulas
— by Brad Thomas Parsons ca. 2011 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😍 Boozehound
On the trail of the rare, the obscure, and the overrated in spirits
— by Jason Wilson ca. 2010 Published by: Ten Speed Press - Caribe Rum
The original guide to caribbean rum and drinks
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 2001 Published by: Bar Media - 😈 Cocktail Codex
Fundamentals Formulas Evolutions
— by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald & Alex Day ca. 2018 Published by: Ten Speed Press - Cocktails of the Movies
An illustrated guide to cinematic mixology
ca. 2015/2016 Published by: Prestel Publishing - 🤬 Complete World Bartender Guide
The Biggest and Best of Its Kind -- The Standard Reference to 2000 Drinks, every recipe illustrated with proper glass
ca. 1988 Published by: Bantam Books - Cowboy Cocktails
Boot Scootin' Beverages and Tasty Vittles from the Wild West
ca. 2000 Published by: Ten Speed Press - Craft Spirits
Know the makers; infuse your own; create new cocktails
— by Eric Grossman ca. 2016 Published by: Dorling Kindersley - 😈 Craft of the Cocktail
Everything you need to know to be a master bartender, with 500 recipes
— by Dale DeGroff ca. 2002 Published by: Clarkson Potter - 😍 Death & Co
Modern Classic Cocktails
— by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald & Alex Day ca. 2014 Published by: Ten Speed Press - Difford's Encyclopedia of Cocktails
- 😈 Drink
The Ultimate Cocktail Book
— by Kurt Maitland ca. 2019 Published by: Cider Mill Press - 😈 Drinking Distilled
A User's Manual
— by Jeffrey Morgenthaler ca. 2018 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😍 Drinks
Enjoying, choosing, storing, serving, and appreciating wines, beers, cocktails, spirits, aperitifs, liqueurs, and ciders
— by Vincent Gasnier ca. 2008 Published by: Dorling Kindersley - Drinks for All Ages
The original guide to alcohol-free beverages and drinks
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 2002 Published by: Bar Media - 😍 Ginspiration
"The best distilleries, infusions and cocktail recipes". Material previously published in "Craft Spirits" and "Cocktails"
ca. 2018 Published by: Dorling Kindersley - Gourmet Gringo
- 😍 Handcrafted Bitters
Simple Recipes for Artisanal Bitters and the Cocktail the Love Them
— by William Budiaman ca. 2015 Published by: Rockbridge Press - Handcrafted Cocktails — by Molly Wellmann
- 😎 How to Booze
Exquisite cocktails and unsound advice; the right drink for every situation
— by Jordan Kaye & Marshall Altier ca. 2010 Published by: Harper Collins - 😈 Imbibe!
From absinthe cocktail to whiskey smash, a salute in stories and drinks to “Professor” Jerry Thomas, pioneer of the American bar. Featuring the original formulae for 100 classic American drinks and a selection of new drinks contributed in his honor by the leading mixologists of our time.
— by David Wondrich ca. 2007 Published by: Perigee - Increasing Bar Sales
Creative twists to bigger profits
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 1997 Published by: Bar Media - 😎 Infuse
Oil * Spirit * Water
— by Eric Prum & Josh Williams ca. 2015 Published by: Clarkson Potter - 😈 Kindred Spirits
The Spirit Journal Guide to the world's distilled spirits and fortified wines
— by F. Paul Pacult ca. 1997 Published by: Hyperion - 😈 Liquid Intelligence
The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail
— by Dave Arnold ca. 2014 Published by: W. W. Norton & Company - Lost Recipes of Prohibition
Notes from a Bootlegger's Manual
ca. 2015 Published by: Countryman Press - Maran Illustrated Bartending URL: www.maran.com
- 😈 Martini, Straight Up
The classic American cocktail
— by Lowell Edmunds ca. 1998 Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press - 😈 Meehan’s Bartender Manual — by Jim Meehan ca. 2017 Published by: Ten Speed Press
- Mixology
- New York Cocktails
An elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by the Big Apple
ca. 2017 Published by: Cider Mill Press - On Drink — by Kingsley Amis
- Paris Cocktails
An elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by the City of Light
ca. 2015 Published by: Cider Mill Press - Preventing Internal Theft
A bar owner's guide
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 1998 Published by: Bar Media - 😈 Punch
The delights (and dangers) of the flowing bowl--an anecdotal history of the original monarch of mixed drinks, with more than forty historic recipes. Fully annotated, and a complete course in the lost art of compounding punch.
— by David Wondrich ca. 2010 Published by: Perigee - 😍 Regarding Cocktails ca. 2016 Published by: Phaidon
- Road Soda
Recipes and techniques for making great drinks anywhere
— by Kara Newman ca. 2017 Published by: Dovetail Press - 😈 Rum: The Manual
This is a book about how to drink rum of all kinds. It's about classic rums and new-generation rums, about rhum agricole and premium aged rums, about rums from all over the world. It's about rum enjoyed with cola and ginger beer. About th ebest rum for a classic daiquiri. About rum cocktails that ooze style and personality. Above all, it's about enjoying your rum in ways you never thought possible.
— by Dave Broom ca. 2016 Published by: Mitchell Beazley - Savoy Cocktail Book ca. 1930
- Seagram's Bartending Guide ca. 1995 Published by: Viking
- Secrets Revealed of America's Greatest Cocktails
The hottest spirits, coolest drinks and freshest places
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 2007 Published by: Bar Media - 😎 Shake
A new perspective on cocktails
— by Eric Prum & Josh Williams ca. 2013 Published by: Clarkson Potter - 😍 Shaken Not Stirred
A celebration of the Martini--the classic cocktail, revised and expanded, with new recipes, techniques, toasts, jokes, and lore
— by Anistatia R. Miller & Jared M. Brown ca. 2013 - 😈 Shrubs
An old-fashioned drink for modern times; sweet and savory cocktails and sophisticated sodas
— by Michael Dietsch ca. 2014 Published by: Countryman Press - 😈 Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki
Exotic Cocktails, Rum and the Cult of Tiki
— by Martin Cate with Rebecca Cate ca. 2016 Published by: Ten Speed Press - Southern Cocktails: Dixie Drinks, Party Potions & Classic Libations — by Denise Gee
- Speakeasy
Classic cocktails reimagined, from New York's Employees Only bar
ca. 2010 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😈 Straight Up or On the Rocks
The story of the American cocktail
— by William Grimes ca. 2001 Published by: North Point Press - 😎 The 12 Bottle Bar
A dozen bottles, hundreds of cocktails, a new way to drink.
— by David Solmonson & Lesley Jacobs Solmonson ca. 2014 Published by: Workman Publishing - 😈 The American Bar
The Artistry of Mixing Drinks
— by Charles Schumann ca. 2018 Published by: Rizzoli - 😈 The Bar Book
Elements of cocktail technique
— by Jeffrey Morgenthaler with Martha Holmberg ca. 2014 Published by: Chronicle Books - 😍 The Bartender's Bible
1001 mixed drinks and everything you need to know to set up your bar
— by Gary Regan ca. 1991 Published by: Harper Collins - The Beverage Operator's Survival Guide
Business can be tough, this is how to deal with it.
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 2005 Published by: Bar Media - The Canon Cocktail Book
Recipes from the Award-Winning Bar
ca. 2016 Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - The Cocktail Chronicles
Navigating the cocktail renaissance with jigger, shaker & glass. Over 200 recipes for Rediscovered Classics, Enduring Standards & Contemporary Concoctions
ca. 2015 Published by: Spring House Press - The Craft Cocktail Compendium
Includes 200 recipes; contemporary interpretations and inspired twists on time-honored classics
— by Warren Bobrow ca. 2017 Published by: Fair Winds Press - 😍 The Curious Bartender
An odyssey of malt, bourbon & rye whiskies
— by Tristan Stephenson ca. 2014 Published by: Ryland Peters & Small - 😍 The Curious Bartender's Rum Revolution — by Tristan Stephenson ca. 2017 Published by: Ryland Peters & Small
- 😍 The Curious Bartender: Volume 1
The artistry and alchemy of creating the perfect cocktail
— by Tristan Stephenson ca. 2016 Published by: Ryland Peters & Small - The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog Drinks Manual
Secret recipes and barroom tales from two Belfast boys who conquered the cocktail world
ca. 2015 Published by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 😎 The Essential Cocktail Book
A complete guide to modern drinks with 150 recipes
ca. 2017 Published by: Ten Speed Press - 😍 The Essential Cocktail: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks — by Dale DeGroff
- The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks — by David Embury URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fine_Art_of_Mixing_Drinks
- 🤔 The Hour
A cocktail manifesto
— by Berndard DeVoto ca. 1948/2010 Published by: Tin House Books - 😈 The Imbible
A cocktail guide for beginning & home bartenders
— by Micah LeMon ca. 2017 Published by: University of Virginia Press - The Intervention Handbook
The Legal aspects of serving alcohol
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 1990 Published by: Bar Media - 😈 The Joy of Mixology — by Gary Regan ca. 2003
- 😈 The Manhattan
The story of the first modern cocktail; with recipes
— by Philip Greene ca. 2016 Published by: Sterling Epicure - 😎 The Martini Book
The first, the last, the only, true cocktail
— by Sally Ann Berk ca. 1997 Published by: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers - 😈 The Mint Julep — by Richard Barksdale Harwell ca. 2005 Published by: University of Virginia Press
- 😎 The Modern Drunkard
A handbook for drinking in the 21st century
— by Frank Kelly Rich ca. 2005 Published by: Riverhead Books - 😈 The Old-Fashioned
The story of the world's first classic cocktail with recipes & lore
— by Robert Simonson ca. 2014 Published by: Ten Speed Press - The Original Guide to American Cocktails & Drinks
The Original Guide to American Cocktails & Drinks
— by Robert Plotkin ca. 2004 Published by: Bar Media - 😍 The PDT Cocktail Book — by Jim Meehan
- The Professional Guide to Bartending
An encyclopedia of American mixology
— by Robert Plotkin & Carol Ann Hermansen ca. 1991 Published by: Bar Media - 😍 The Ultimate Guide to Spirits & Cocktails — by André Dominé ca. 2008 Published by: H. F. Ullmann
- To Have and Have Another — by Philip Greene
- 😍 Ultimate Bar Book
The comprehensive guide to over 1,000 cocktails.
— by Mittie Hellmich ca. 2006 Published by: Chronicle Books - 😈 Vermouth
The revival of the spirit that created America's cocktail culture
— by Adam Ford ca. 2015 Published by: Countryman Press - 😈 Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails
From the Alamagoozlum to the Zombie and beyond. 100 rediscovered recipes and the stories behind them.
— by Ted Haigh AKA Dr. Cocktail ca. 2009 Published by: Quarry Books - World's Best Cocktails
500 signature drinks from the world's best bars and bartenders
ca. 2012 Published by: Fair Winds Press - ¡Toma! Margaritas!
The original guide to margaritas and tequila
— by Robert Plotkin & Ray Flores ca. 2002 Published by: Bar Media