What makes a perfect pint of Guinness? What are the criteria for a great pub? And where can you find them?
Ian Ryan, founder of Sh*t London Guinness and Beautiful Pints, can answer these questio..
Celebrate the holidays with this merry collection of beloved Christmas albums paired with mood-setting cocktails-a companion to the bestselling listening party guide, Booze & Vinyl.
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'Ian Wisniewski is one of our foremost drinks writers. At once affectionate, knowledgeable and entertaining, this engaging book is essential reading for any fans of Islay whisky.' - Charles MacLean
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A Quick Drink presents 100 cocktail recipesfrom two of the most respected mixologists in the industry, Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero, in a guide for how to make better drinks at home, tailored to any m..
Enjoy two of life's greatest pleasures - coffee and alcohol - with this comprehensive guide to mixing perfect coffee cocktails. World-class mixologist Jason Clark will inspire, excite and educate you ..
Go on a boozy tour of art history with this collection of recipes for over 50 expertly crafted cocktails, each one a unique creation inspired by its namesake artist. From painters to sculptors, photog..
An accessible guide to tasting beer, with a distinctive style-by-style approach to navigating the world's favourite alcoholic drink
Develop your palate and become your own beer expert.
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After a quick stop to learn about the anatomy of beer, including ingredients, styles, and even museums, Beer: The Ultimate World Tour takes you to all the regions of the world and their beer.
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An updated edition of this popular home-brewing guide which prioritizes home-grown and wild ingredients and has a new section on low or no-alcohol drinks.
The Two Thirsty Gardeners are leading a ..
Learn how to perfect the beloved Asian drink at home with Bubble Tea. This delicious, colourful book features 22 bubble tea recipes, from brown sugar, matcha and jasmine and lime to grass jelly and co..
In his new cocktail collection, expert mixer Dan Jones proves that rough-around-the-edges dive bars provide the perfect inspiration for your homemade drinks. After all, if the bartender in a low-lit, ..
In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old bottles of whiskey, teq..
The ultimate visual guide for all things gin, from botanicals and styles to producers, distillation processes, and tastings
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Take a delectably eccentric excursion to the Hendrick's Gin Palace
Step inside the curious world of Hendrick's Gin and perfect the peculiar alchemy of cocktail making. Distilled in a gloriously i..
From basement bars to man caves to backyard tiki huts, for nearly 75 years, the home bar has been a beloved, boozy playground. The heyday of home bars arose in the US after World War II - men mastered..
For anyone looking to expand their gin repertoire beyond the classic 'ice and slice' gin and tonic, this is the book for you. Professional drinker Andy Clarke has spent years personally testing the wo..
There has never been a more exciting time to drink Australian wine.
Centuries of innovation and determination have led to an era of exceptional achievement in Australia, yet it is a country w..
We all expect to be able to buy an excellent cup of coffee from the many brilliant coffee shops available. But what about the coffee we make at home? Shouldn't that be just as good?
Coffee..
Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice spotlights the creativity, hospitality, and excellence of Black drinking culture, with classic and modern recipes inspired by formulas found in two centuries' worth ..
Whether you prefer the humble Gin and Tonic, the iconic French 75, or more modern creations like the Honeysuckle Sour, gin is the foundation to some truly great libations. Without it, we wouldn't have..
Following the success of Wine Trails, we now bring you 40 perfect weekends in Australia and New Zealand wine country, introducing vineyards in regions including the Clare Valley, Margaret River, Hawke..
A complete, practical, and entertaining guide to using the best ingredients and minimal equipment to create flavorful brews-including wildcrafted meads, bragots, t'ej, grog, honey beers, and more!
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Uncork Oz Clarke's Story of Wine - this fully revised and updated edition brings the rich history of winemaking to the present day, to give you the perfect gift for any wine lover.
Winemaking is as..
Shake up the party with these fun, festive, and colorful alcohol-free beverages!
Entertaining for all ages? Party Drinks has over 60 delicious recipes catered to special occasions, holidays, and ..
An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world's foremost cocktail writers.
Consider the Negroni. The bittersweet cocktail dating to the early 1900s is made of ..
A loving homage to the era celebrated by the hit Netflix series Bridgerton-and the cocktails that shaped its high society
As a society doyenne and undercover libertine, Lady Thornwood knows what ..
Make 75 simple and easy cocktails with this comprehensive deck full of recipes cards for classic and innovative rum drinks!
Drink your way through the alphabet with the Rum Cocktail Cards A -Z! T..
In this beautifully crafted narrative, award-winning writer Dave Broom examines Scotch whisky from the point of view of its terroir - the land, weather, history, craft and culture that feed and enhanc..
Slow Drinks teaches home cooks, industry pros, homebrewers, and foragers how to transform botanical ingredients - whether foraged or purchased from the store - into incredibly unique beverages and coc..
Spirited is the most important book of cocktails from around the world - researched and collected for the home drink maker. It spotlights hundreds of cocktail recipes from the past 500 years and 60 co..
What's better than cracking out the bubbles for a special occasion or just a midday spritz in the garden?
While it started as a fad, fizzy drinks aren't going flat. And, while Aperol and bubble..
The 55 spritz recipes in Spritz Fever! are in the cocktail style of the decade. Seeing as most spritzes are low(ish) in ABV (well, certainly lower than wine anyway), they're the ideal companion for an..
Make 75 simple and easy cocktails with this comprehensive deck full of recipes cards for classic and innovative tequila drinks!
Drink your way through the alphabet with the Tequila Cocktail Cards..
Celebrate Tequila Mockingbird's tenth anniversary with this clever guidebook that pairs cherished novels with both classic and cutting-edge cocktails. No B.A. in English required!
It's been..
Let Joseph Wesley Uhl be your guide to the entire world of tea; from peeks into tea production around the world to brewing your own blends at home. Water is the mother of tea, a teapot its father, and..
New York Times bestselling author Michael Ruhlman applies the principles of his innovative book Ratio-about the relationships of ingredients to each other-in this delightful back-to-basics cocktail bo..
This modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture. The author celebrates the Way of Tea f..
The Champagne Guide Edition VII is the ultimate guide to everything you need to know about how champagne is grown and made, behind-the-scenes insights into its top producers and the best buys at every..
How did the Old-Fashioned get its name, and why has the drink endured? What drinks were invented by Sam Ross? What was the Pegu Club, and who bartended there? In The Encyclopedia of Cocktails, Robert ..
A oenophile's guide to all things wine.
Red, white, sparkling or rose - arguably no other alcoholic drink has had more impact on our society than wine. From its earliest iterations in earthenware..
Skip the bar-and the alcohol-with mocktail recipes that bring the fun of a speakeasy right to your couch! The Art of Mixology meets mocktails in this beautiful collection of 75 alcohol-free recipes fo..
Everything you could possibly want to know about wine, in one fully up-to-date A-Z volume!The Oxford Companion to Wine is a uniquely comprehensive and in-depth A-Z reference book on every aspect of wi..
For more than two decades, hobbyists around the world have turned to WineMaker magazine for the bestinformation on making incredible wine at home.
From well-tested recipes to expert troubleshooting,..
Equal parts beer journalism, history book, and travelogue, this second edition provides an in-depth look at the legendary breweries of Trappist monks, complete with vibrant images and updated informat..
Learn about the rich and bold flavors of whiskey and do your own tastings with the 32-page tasting guide, 16-page tasting journal, 2 shot glasses, and 2 whiskey stones included in the Whiskey Tasting ..
This fully updated guide by whisky authority and Japanese whisky expert Stefan Van Eycken takes you on a tour of some of the most coveted whiskies in the world. Japanese whiskies have become some of t..
Dan Jones teaches you how to stock your home bar, pick some of the world's best whiskies and pull together your own infusions and syrups. Try your hand at classics like an Old Fashioned or The Sazerac..
This highly accessible and enjoyable guide is full of practical and fascinating information about how to enjoy whisky.
All whisky styles are covered, including (just whisper it) blends. Al..
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
While wine drunk millennia ago was the humble beverage of the people, today the drink is..