Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 18th Edition

Our Eighteenth Edition hardback has 3,081 cocktail recipes, all accompanied by a photograph. It is a monster 656 pages, 6cm (2.3 inches) thick, and weighs 2.3kg (5lb). It’s our biggest and best book in 23 years!

IN THIS 18th EDITION
3,081 cocktail recipes (in ml & oz) all accompanied by a colour photograph.
460 NEW cocktail recipes
365 updated/improved cocktails since our 17th edition
Extensive historical cocktail information - perhaps more than any book published to date.

Cover price: £47 but we sell directly for £38 plus postage, which starts at just £5.75 in the UK.

Our book is also available from Amazon in the USA and Europe (with local shipping prices and so much less expensive than us shipping individual copies from the UK).

Customers in the Netherlands and Benelux countries can also find our book at
Things for Drinks (retail)
APS Supply (wholesale)

Published: 12th December 2024.

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 of the over 3,000 cocktails. Paloma, my wife and our boss, made it happen.

Packed & dispatched by us

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

UK & International shipping

Our shop is configured to receive orders from and deliver books to the UK. If you're in another country, and see a message saying "we don't ship to your region" please email us at hello@diffordsguide.com so we can help. Please also note the information above for purchasing from Amazon in the US and Europe.

FSC Certified

Printed on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified paperForest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified paper. FSC Certification covers more than 160 million hectares of forest and enables businesses and consumers to choose wood, paper and other forest products made with materials that support responsible forestry.

Protective packaging

We are keen to avoid using 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 using recycled material and are recyclable.

BISAC code

CKB006000- COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / Bartending & Cocktails