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Puncheons and Flagons (Dungeons & Dragons): The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cocktail Book [A Cocktail and Mocktail Recipe Book]
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Complement any game night with 75 deliciously clever Dungeons & Dragons-themed cocktails and bar bites to sustain any group of players for any time of day.
“This book is all around beautiful! The photos are gorgeous, the recipes are well written and easy to follow, plus the lore behind each item puts me directly into the D&D universe.”—Chef Mike Haracz, host of Heroes’ Feast
Entertain fabulously while you adventure in your next D&D campaign! Puncheons & Flagons is a delightful and fun-filled cocktail and snacks book filled with fare that would be served up at your character’s favorite tavern, inn, or market along the Sword Coast. All seventy-five dishes, created by a professional recipe developer, are easy to prepare and provide everything you need for hosting and entertaining with D&D flair.
Dishes are organized by in-world drinking establishment and by base ingredient with options for every occasion—especially game nights!—
• Adventurous cocktails such as Necromancer and Hand of Vecna
• Batch cocktails such as Candlekeep Tea and Faerie Fire
• Nonalcoholic concoctions such as Mourning Cup and Baldurian Tonic
• Tasty morsels such as Luiric Rarebit and High Sun Florentines
Drink up!
Complement any game night with 75 deliciously clever Dungeons & Dragons-themed cocktails and bar bites to sustain any group of players for any time of day.
“This book is all around beautiful! The photos are gorgeous, the recipes are well written and easy to follow, plus the lore behind each item puts me directly into the D&D universe.”—Chef Mike Haracz, host of Heroes’ Feast
Entertain fabulously while you adventure in your next D&D campaign! Puncheons & Flagons is a delightful and fun-filled cocktail and snacks book filled with fare that would be served up at your character’s favorite tavern, inn, or market along the Sword Coast. All seventy-five dishes, created by a professional recipe developer, are easy to prepare and provide everything you need for hosting and entertaining with D&D flair.
Dishes are organized by in-world drinking establishment and by base ingredient with options for every occasion—especially game nights!—
• Adventurous cocktails such as Necromancer and Hand of Vecna
• Batch cocktails such as Candlekeep Tea and Faerie Fire
• Nonalcoholic concoctions such as Mourning Cup and Baldurian Tonic
• Tasty morsels such as Luiric Rarebit and High Sun Florentines
Drink up!
192 pages, Hardcover
Published August 27, 2024
About the author
Andrew Wheeler
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Andrew Wheeler is a Shuster and Eisner-winning writer and editor. His credits include Another Castle at Oni Press, Love and War at Comixology, the Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurers Guides, and the Prism-nominated all ages LGBTQ anthology Shout Out.
Andrew Wheeler is a Shuster and Eisner-winning writer and editor. His credits include Another Castle at Oni Press, Love and War at Comixology, the Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurers Guides, and the Prism-nominated all ages LGBTQ anthology Shout Out.
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May 18, 2025
Okay, so I like this book *overall* and do appreciate the included lore and the very mood-setting photos (There's some really cool glassware on display here!), but the way the cocktail recipes are presented is kind of weird. The ingredients are listed in vertical columns and sometimes include making infusions or syrups, which don't always have a bolded heading or clear delineation.
Additionally, every recipe is for at least two drinks, which is fun when you think about reflecting the collaborative nature of a DND session, but if you want to make just one drink because your party has different tastes, you have to halve everything, or quarter, or what have you.
As a more minor nitpick, there's a recipe for a Necromancer in here that lists it as calling for 'fortified red wine, such as Lillet Rouge or Cocchi Rosa.' I love a Necromancer, have made them many times, and order them when they appear on a cocktail menu, which isn't often, but I've only ever had or seen them made with Lillet Blanc. It's a riff on a Corpse Reviver (gin and absinthe swapped), after all. I'm assuming this is a stylistic choice, but reader be advised that a Necromancer out in the wild will be a different drink.
All that said, I'm already planning on getting copies for a few friends, and mine's coming with me to our next weekly session so we can decide what we'll be drinking the next week.
Additionally, every recipe is for at least two drinks, which is fun when you think about reflecting the collaborative nature of a DND session, but if you want to make just one drink because your party has different tastes, you have to halve everything, or quarter, or what have you.
As a more minor nitpick, there's a recipe for a Necromancer in here that lists it as calling for 'fortified red wine, such as Lillet Rouge or Cocchi Rosa.' I love a Necromancer, have made them many times, and order them when they appear on a cocktail menu, which isn't often, but I've only ever had or seen them made with Lillet Blanc. It's a riff on a Corpse Reviver (gin and absinthe swapped), after all. I'm assuming this is a stylistic choice, but reader be advised that a Necromancer out in the wild will be a different drink.
All that said, I'm already planning on getting copies for a few friends, and mine's coming with me to our next weekly session so we can decide what we'll be drinking the next week.
January 10, 2025
This is definitely about as niche as it gets. I am a bartender by trade and most of these cocktails I couldn't make without having to go out and get additional ingredients.
The additional flavor text to go along with the recipes is a fun treat, and could certainly help inspire some roleplay or worrying to a campaign.
Solid recipes as well, well constructed drinks, even if you have to go to the store first to prepare them.
Would certainly be a fun treat to make some cocktails pertinent to your current campaign for your group.
The additional flavor text to go along with the recipes is a fun treat, and could certainly help inspire some roleplay or worrying to a campaign.
Solid recipes as well, well constructed drinks, even if you have to go to the store first to prepare them.
Would certainly be a fun treat to make some cocktails pertinent to your current campaign for your group.
September 21, 2024
A wonderful and creative book for dnd fans, drink fans, and cocktail recipe fans…
Puncheons and Flagons: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cocktail Book by Andrew Wheeler is both a cocktail book (with some bar snack recipes) and ALSO a guide book to fantasy taverns and other establishments.
This guide covers a number of taverns, clubs, and at least one bath house in the forgotten realms setting, there’s even a handy map if you (players, GM, whatever) need a reference in case an adventuring party feels the need to visit one or all of the establishments.
Each chapter focuses on a different business, with some notables drinks and food that are served there (or at least in close proximity). Art of the facilities, staff, and drinks also peppers each entry.
However the chapters have a heavier focus as each location is associated with a particular type of alcohol (wine, whiskey, gin, etc) including a unique bottle shape, “branding”, and backstory (in case you near to describe it or entice players to visit). Each recipe also expands on the location, its locals, or the lore of the settlement where it is located.
I swear that some of the recipes could be full blown plot hooks for an entire game night depending on how fun loving your players are.
I highly suggest this for casual and hardcore fans…
Puncheons and Flagons: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cocktail Book by Andrew Wheeler is both a cocktail book (with some bar snack recipes) and ALSO a guide book to fantasy taverns and other establishments.
This guide covers a number of taverns, clubs, and at least one bath house in the forgotten realms setting, there’s even a handy map if you (players, GM, whatever) need a reference in case an adventuring party feels the need to visit one or all of the establishments.
Each chapter focuses on a different business, with some notables drinks and food that are served there (or at least in close proximity). Art of the facilities, staff, and drinks also peppers each entry.
However the chapters have a heavier focus as each location is associated with a particular type of alcohol (wine, whiskey, gin, etc) including a unique bottle shape, “branding”, and backstory (in case you near to describe it or entice players to visit). Each recipe also expands on the location, its locals, or the lore of the settlement where it is located.
I swear that some of the recipes could be full blown plot hooks for an entire game night depending on how fun loving your players are.
I highly suggest this for casual and hardcore fans…
October 20, 2025
Okay, okay, I know...I'm a teetotaler, so why am I even reviewing this? I love Dungeons & Dragons stories, so I'm definitely here for the tales and pictures. Also, the snacks. Each chapter of this book features a different establishment with a preferred alcohol (gin, whiskey, vodka, rum, tequila, brandy, "Exquisite Rarities," wine, beer/mead/cider, and nonalcoholic refreshments). Each establishment gets six to seven drink recipes and a snack. Most but not all recipes have photos (all the snacks are in photos with one of the drinks). As other reviewers have already noted, there are a lot of ingredients here, so not even seasoned bartenders are likely to have all the ingredients on hand. The author advises the reader not to buy everything at once but to prioritize the recipes that appeal most to you. The last chapter is a non-alcoholic section that takes place in a peaceful public bathhouse (health spa). Fun to look at, but nothing I want to go out to get the ingredients for immediately.
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