The Barspoon

Cocktail Book Recommendations

Books

• Favorites

  • Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide
  • The Savoy Cocktail Book
  • Regarding Cocktails
  • The New Craft of the Cocktail
  • Cocktail Codex
  • Liquid Intelligence
  • The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails
  • Imbibe!
  • Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl
  • And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
  • Minimalist Tiki
  • Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails
  • Sippin’ Safari
  • Potions of the Caribbean
  • Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki

• Other Favorites

  • The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks
  • The Bar Book
  • Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails
  • The Old Fashioned
  • Iconic Whisky
  • My favorite bitters book
  • My amaro book
  • Great book on shrubs
  • How’s Your Drink? (another book I’ve read over and over)