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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 — 10,894 ratings — published 2013
Proof: The Science of Booze (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as booze)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,277 ratings — published 2014
Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as booze)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,324 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 — 2,094 ratings — published 2007
Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as booze)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,429 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 — 3,175 ratings — published 2006
The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as booze)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,089 ratings — published 2014
The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender's Craft (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as booze)
avg rating 4.23 — 982 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 — 1,547 ratings — published 2016
![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 — 820 ratings — published 2010
The Savoy Cocktail Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as booze)
avg rating 4.23 — 462 ratings — published 1930
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum Cocktail to the Zombie {80 Rediscovered Recipes and the Stories behind Them} (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as booze)
avg rating 4.32 — 695 ratings — published 2004
Tasting Beer: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,438 ratings — published 2009
Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 4.61 — 1,697 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 4.18 — 695 ratings — published 2002
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,661 ratings — published 1980
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 3.87 — 939 ratings — published 2008
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,628 ratings — published 2010
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as booze)
avg rating 3.81 — 34,994 ratings — published 2005
Factotum (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 3.92 — 77,671 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 4.34 — 877 ratings — published 2011
Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as booze)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,664 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 3.51 — 266 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 — 497 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 — 502 ratings — published 2016
Gin: The Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.20 — 148 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 4.01 — 341 ratings — published 2014
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,335 ratings — published 2013
Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 4.24 — 475 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 — 195 ratings — published 2009
Under the Volcano (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as booze)
avg rating 3.76 — 27,509 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 — 6,002 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 — 1,089 ratings — published 2018
Whiskey Distilled: A Populist Guide to the Water of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.23 — 362 ratings — published 2014
Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.68 — 139 ratings — published 2016
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,471 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 — 863 ratings — published 2003
The Rum Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.85 — 67,293 ratings — published 1998
The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual: Secret Recipes and Barroom Tales from Two Belfast Boys Who Conquered the Cocktail World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.18 — 300 ratings — published 2015
The Oxford Companion to Beer (Oxford Companion To... (Hardcover))
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.38 — 541 ratings — published 2011
Drinking: A Love Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.10 — 21,799 ratings — published 1996
Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 4.19 — 269 ratings — published 2010
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)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,491 ratings — published 1984
Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2,547 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 — 8,462 ratings — published 2008
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as booze)
avg rating 3.78 — 508,741 ratings — published 1926
“I take a long pull on the jug. Like Scotch and wild roses, like man and woman the same, the perfect mix. I drink it down.”
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“When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all -- cash, booze, and a wife -- he couldn't be distracted from the great emptiness that was always falling through him and never hit the ground.”
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