The Bourbon Bartender: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the American Spirit

by Jane Danger, Alla Lapushchik, Clay Risen (Foreword)

Raise your glass to the bourbon renaissance with this must-have cocktail collection. Made in America and aged in charred new American oak barrels, bourbon is the quintessential US spirit—but the best part is mixing it up into tasty drinks. Here are the best of the best. Whiskey experts Jane Danger and Alla Lapushchik offer timeless classics and forgotten gems, such as the Old Fashioned and the Boulevardier, as well as cutting-edge craft concoctions, including the Brown Derby and Paper Plane. They also serve up a short history of bourbon, tips for making delicious infusions and syrups, sidebars chronicling bourbon’s influence on American culture, short profiles of the country’s best bourbon-focused bars, and a calendar of bourbon festivals and events—everything a bourbon lover could want.

Genres: Cookbooks

215 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 15, 2019

Reviews

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has become one of my favorite Bourbon & Cocktail books! History of THE American fire water, history of drinking in the United States, tales of Bourbon creation, adoption and aged whiskey, but the stories of mixed drinks history and the recipes make this great. Loved it.

[Courtenay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice cocktail recipe book chock full of history and stories.