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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as booze)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,775 ratings — published 2013
Proof: The Science of Booze (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as booze)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,256 ratings — published 2014
Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as booze)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,315 ratings — published 2011
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as booze)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,064 ratings — published 2007
Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as booze)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,409 ratings — published 2014
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as booze)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,128 ratings — published 2006
The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as booze)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,074 ratings — published 2014
The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender's Craft (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as booze)
avg rating 4.24 — 973 ratings — published 2003
Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as booze)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,514 ratings — published 2016
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum Cocktail to the Zombie {80 Rediscovered Recipes and the Stories behind Them} (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as booze)
avg rating 4.32 — 696 ratings — published 2004
![Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits [A Travel and Cocktail Recipe Book]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328316030l/8202068._SX50_.jpg)
Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits [A Travel and Cocktail Recipe Book] (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as booze)
avg rating 3.97 — 818 ratings — published 2010
The Savoy Cocktail Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as booze)
avg rating 4.23 — 459 ratings — published 1930
Tasting Beer: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,429 ratings — published 2009
Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.61 — 1,676 ratings — published 2014
The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 4.19 — 694 ratings — published 2002
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 3,654 ratings — published 1980
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 3.87 — 934 ratings — published 2008
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,574 ratings — published 2010
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 3.81 — 34,437 ratings — published 2005
Factotum (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 3.92 — 76,918 ratings — published 1975
The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartender's Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 4.35 — 878 ratings — published 2011
Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,642 ratings — published 2015
The Book of Gin: A Spirited World History from Alchemists' Stills and Colonial Outposts to Gin Palaces, Bathtub Gin, and Artisanal Cocktails (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 3.52 — 261 ratings — published 2012
Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw's Adventures in Moonshine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 3.57 — 366 ratings — published 2010
Absinthe: History in a Bottle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 4.06 — 345 ratings — published 1988
![Meehan's Bartender Manual: [A Cocktail Reference and Recipe Book]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1513852580l/34013740._SX50_.jpg)
Meehan's Bartender Manual: [A Cocktail Reference and Recipe Book] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.51 — 483 ratings — published 2017
Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.27 — 493 ratings — published 2016
Gin: The Manual (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 145 ratings — published 2015
The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail, with Recipes and Lore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.00 — 336 ratings — published 2014
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,316 ratings — published 2013
Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.18 — 267 ratings — published 2010
Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.25 — 473 ratings — published 2010
Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 3.72 — 193 ratings — published 2009
Under the Volcano (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 3.76 — 27,223 ratings — published 1947
Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,960 ratings — published 2012
![Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions [A Cocktail Recipe Book]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533778121l/41075441._SX50_.jpg)
Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions [A Cocktail Recipe Book] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.65 — 1,066 ratings — published 2018
Whiskey Distilled: A Populist Guide to the Water of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.23 — 361 ratings — published 2014
Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 137 ratings — published 2016
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 1,467 ratings — published 1985
The 12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve Bottles (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.18 — 520 ratings — published 2014
The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.26 — 860 ratings — published 2003
The Rum Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.85 — 66,633 ratings — published 1998
The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual: Secret Recipes and Barroom Tales from Two Belfast Boys Who Conquered the Cocktail World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 300 ratings — published 2015
The Oxford Companion to Beer (Oxford Companion To... (Hardcover))
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.38 — 539 ratings — published 2011
Drinking: A Love Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.10 — 21,643 ratings — published 1996
Craft Cocktails at Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.96 — 222 ratings — published 2013
Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 1,481 ratings — published 1984
Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,526 ratings — published 2005
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.56 — 8,382 ratings — published 2008
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.79 — 501,816 ratings — published 1926
“Irish Whiskey. Not Jameson. Not Teeling. Sexton. Strong and toasty, honeyed fruit stinging his nose. Sweet sponge cake. Soft, so soft, sopping with booze, oozing into his throat. Coconut Cruzan. Flavored Dominican rum, the scent of an island breeze. Beeswax, from a birthday candle, crackling between his teeth.
He'd know that rum cake anywhere. Warm and heady, half-Irish, half-Dominican, with the promise of a good time. Just like the man himself.
In all the time they'd lived together, Frankie had never had a sweet tooth--- preferred heat and spice, salt to sugar--- but whenever he went home to his mama's, he'd come back with a Tupperware of this. It was what she made every birthday, every holiday, every time her baby visited. It was the stuff of Frankie's childhood memories, the magic of his sweetest moments baked into a bundt and soused with sweet booze--- a shot of Cruzan for his 'lita, his mama's mama; a shot of Sexton for his grandmam--- and served to him in increasingly large slices as he aged up and learned to hold his liquor.
Kostya could almost see him, coming through the door with the container swinging in a plastic bag, digging a spoon out of the drawer, leaning over the kitchen counter to shovel it into his mouth, no plate, no chair, just a look of ecstatic nostalgia on his face.
Y'all can have the foie and lobster, he once said, scooping crumbs into his mouth. This is my death row wish. Want a bite?”
― Aftertaste
He'd know that rum cake anywhere. Warm and heady, half-Irish, half-Dominican, with the promise of a good time. Just like the man himself.
In all the time they'd lived together, Frankie had never had a sweet tooth--- preferred heat and spice, salt to sugar--- but whenever he went home to his mama's, he'd come back with a Tupperware of this. It was what she made every birthday, every holiday, every time her baby visited. It was the stuff of Frankie's childhood memories, the magic of his sweetest moments baked into a bundt and soused with sweet booze--- a shot of Cruzan for his 'lita, his mama's mama; a shot of Sexton for his grandmam--- and served to him in increasingly large slices as he aged up and learned to hold his liquor.
Kostya could almost see him, coming through the door with the container swinging in a plastic bag, digging a spoon out of the drawer, leaning over the kitchen counter to shovel it into his mouth, no plate, no chair, just a look of ecstatic nostalgia on his face.
Y'all can have the foie and lobster, he once said, scooping crumbs into his mouth. This is my death row wish. Want a bite?”
― Aftertaste
“A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.”
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