Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book Sixteenth Edition

We've sold out of this edition, and the good news is that the NEW Eighteenth Edition is now available to pre-order - published 12th December 2024

Our chunky, 2.2kg heavyweight, 2 inches thick, Sixteenth edition hardback cocktail book has 3,000 recipes (ingredients in both ml and ounces) all accompanied by a colour photograph and many with extensive history info.
New recipes in the 16th edition: 300
Recipes updated since 15th edition: 300

We self-publish this English edition

I (Simon Difford) make the cocktails and write the book.
Dan, our long-standing photographer and designer creates the recognisably Difford's Guide look and feel with a pic alongside each cocktail. Paloma, my partner and our boss, makes it happen and checks our work.

Packed & dispatched by us

We hand-package and label every book ourselves and dispatch directly from our little office in picturesque East Sussex.

UK & International shipping

Our shop is set up to receive orders from and deliver books to UK, USA, Canada and EU countries. Our book is also available on Amazon UK, Italy, Spain, Germany and USA. If you're in another country so see a message saying "we don't ship to your region" please email us at hello@diffordsguide.com so we can help.

Protective packaging

We are keen to avoid the use of single-use plastics but equally want to ensure our books arrive in perfect condition, clean and dry, encased in their own protective atmosphere. Hence, our printers shrink-wrap every book. Please dispose of this plastic wrapper responsibly and be reassured that our purpose-made plain brown boxes with protective ends are made from recycled material and are recyclable.