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. Sadly, overseas (for US, Canada and EU) shipping is considerably more expensive but is the same whether you order just one copy or multiple copies, and is the same price if you add one or more of our nifty Easy Jiggers. The book will also be available on Amazon in the US and Europe (this will likely be by end Jan).

Published: 12th December 2024 (pre-release orders opened 18th November, with delivery to UK customers pre Christmas)

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 UK, USA, Canada and EU countries. 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.

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