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American Bar

"500 recipes are more than sufficient," intones Charles in his suitably Germanic introduction. What to do, what not to do, and what cardinal rules not...

Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All

Cookbook, project guide and barman's manifesto this is a compendium of more than 100 cocktail recipes, featuring traditional favourites as well as gem...

The Tequila Ambassador

Due to overwhelming demand from people disappointed that they missed an opportunity to buy a copy of The Tequila Ambassador we produced a reprint of j...

Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Carribbean

Jeff Berry spent five years working on Potions of the Caribbean: 500 Years of Tropical Drinks and the People Behind Them. He describes it as "the most...

Brewed Awakening

A geeky guide to craft beer that is all about making what was once obscure accessible, and it's done through a scrap book-style page layout, with grap...

All Beer Guide

One of the most simple and easy-to-read guides to what is often a needlessly opaque part of the market.

Difford's Guide 365 Days of Cocktails

This book was inspired by the Cocktail Of The Day on this very website, which in turn resulted from a visit I (Simon Difford) made to Barcelona back i...

The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual

The cover proclaims "secret recipes and barroom tales from two Belfast boys who conquered the cocktail world". The two Belfast boys in question are Se...

Shaken: Drinking with James Bond & Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming’s Bond novels feature a cocktail repertoire worthy of celebration - one which has sparked the creation of this cocktail book - Shaken: Dri...

Classic Cocktails

For the home cocktail maker, Salvatore Calabrese’s Classic Cocktails is a very approachable easy to follow tome with 206 easy to follow cocktail recip...

Meehan's Bartender Manual

Famous for PDT, that New York bar accessed via a phone booth within a hot dog joint, Jim Meehan is an acclaimed bartender with a profound understandin...

The Dead Rabbit Mixology & Mayhem

Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry, founders of award-winning bar The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog, alongside esteemed bar manager Jillian Vose, present th...

A Cognac Lover’s Guide to Classic Cocktails

Inspired by The Cordon Bleu Challenge, which started back in the early noughties when Michael Butt challenged bartenders to remake classic cocktails o...

The Cocktail Companion

Cheryl Charming has been collecting snippets of cocktail trivia for almost 40 years which has now birthed The Cocktail Companion, Cheryl’s latest tome...

The Cocktail Bar: Notes for an Owner & Operator

There’s a lesson to be learned in reading The Cocktail Bar. Don’t be disillusioned by its size. This handy and practical guide delivers wise direction...

Schofield’s Fine and Classic Cocktails

Daniel and Joe Schofield’s cocktail book is not just any collection of drinks.

Ten Drinks That Changed the World

Writer and bartender Seki Lynch explores celebrated spirits around the globe, from the likes of vodka and gin, to the lesser-known baijiu and shochu.

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Fifteenth Edition

!!!!!!!! NEW Seventeenth Edition now available - published 1st December 2022 !!!!!!!!

Irish Whiskey Cocktails

Ronan Collins, the former senior Irish Whiskey brand ambassador at Pernod Ricard UK, is in the process of writing an Irish Whiskey cocktail book.

Mixing Cosmopolitans: The Pouring Tales

Daniel Staub, the mind behind Zurich-based bars Flatbrook Attic and The Last Toucan, is quite the seasoned traveller.

London Dry: The Real History of Gin

The Real History of Gin is a befitting title for Ted Bruning’s book which questions the accepted history of gin, pretty much from the 4th Century BCE ...

An Anthology of 12 Classic Cocktails

Written by Jake F Burger

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 16th Edition

We've sold out of this edition, and the good news is that the NEW Seventeenth Edition is now available - published 1st December 2022

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition

Perhaps the world's biggest cocktail book! Certainly, our biggest yet, 624 pages, 6cm (2.3inch) thick and weighing 2.25kg (5lb). Our Seventeenth Editi...