VinePair

DECEMBER 10, 2023

But we’re also keen on sharing the knowledge that makes their contents special, and that’s where the best new drinks books come in. Here are some of the best drinks books to gift in 2023. Gin A Tasting Course: A Flavor-focused Approach to the World of Gin Anthony Gladman, DK, September 2023.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For gin Martinis its rarer to get calls for no vermouth, but it is almost always dry or extra dry. When the Martini first started showing up on menus and in cocktail books in the 1800s, it was a sweet drink, made of Old Tom gin and sweet vermouth. In 1906 came the first appearance of a Dry Martini in a book.

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Bar Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Sipsmith Re-Writes the History of English Gin by Unveiling Origin 1639 Gin: A revival of the first English gin recipe, redefining the origins of this quintessentially English spirit. This exceptional release is rooted in a recipe from 1639, which proves that gin originated in England, not Holland as widely believed.

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VinePair

APRIL 9, 2025

Rather than ordering a classic like a Gin & Tonic or Old Fashioned and asking the bartender to make it strong , there are a few particularly powerful cocktails that pack a punch all on their own. Then, four ounces of ice-cold gin is poured directly into the glass, making the drink essentially straight gin.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Named after the World War I field gun, the sparkling cocktail was around in some form or another for years before it was published in The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930. It’s a simple three-ingredient drink but the gin (or cognac) with Champagne make it perfect for celebrating Repeal Day.

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The Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 8, 2024

It’s World Gin Day on 8th June, so what better reason to crack open not one, but two bottles of tasty gins? Our first is Citadelle Rouge from France, the other is Garden Swift, a deliciously crafted gin lovingly made in the Cotswolds. The post Two gins, sake cocktails and Giulia Cuccurullo– new podcast!

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

William Santiago Orlando, Florida Expertise: Tequila, Mezcal, Rum, Gin. Beverage curator for NBC’s Today Show, nationally recognized mixologist, author of the acclaimed cocktail recipe book “Brunch God,” founder of Brunch God NY and operates venues in New York City. Host of Liquid Legacy podcast. Sarah Karl St.

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Spiritz

DECEMBER 22, 2023

When Varun Jain, CEO and Founder, Smoke Lab, decided to launch a unique sipping gin, Mohulo for the Indian market, he knew he would be charting a new and trailblazing path. As such, the gin needed to have something very authentic, something very different. Mohulo gin is a limited release of 2,000 cases worldwide.

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The Cocktail Lovers

APRIL 11, 2025

Begonias make an extraordinary gin At their edible flower workshop we met Sylvia Barodi and Marco Rivera, founders of tastee.it. Better still they have turned their attention to producing a gin as Sylvia explained. Then Marco, my husband, wanted to try putting our begonias into a gin. A very floral gin Be!Gin

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Good Spirits News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A Most Noble Water presents an entirely new history of gin. Researched and written by award-winning drinks historians Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller, it shatters the whole notion of a Dutch origin and revisits English gin’s German antecedents and definitively English origins.

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Boozist

APRIL 21, 2019

Gin, closely followed by tequila, is the spirit that most people don’t like. ” “My grandpa drank gin.” I drink coffee, not tea, and whiskey, not gin.” There are a handful of […] The post Summer Reading: Gin Books to Cure Your Hatred of Gin Cocktails appeared first on Boozist.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Talk about a true London icon, this is the home of Beefeater Gin, where they’ve been making their incredible gin to the same recipe since the 19th century. Some guests signed up for specific sessions, others like Jazzey a psychologist from Miami, booked up for the entire two days.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

“Baijiu is the world’s most popular distilled spirit by both value and volume, so any spirits education that doesn’t include it is woefully incomplete—and a lot less fun,” says Derek Sandhaus, co-founder of Ming River and author of two books about baijiu, including most recent, Drunk in China.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

DIY mocktail books abound, such as the famed Aviary Restaurant’s Zero, A New Approach to Non-Alcoholic Drinks. INSPIRED FLAVORS: COCKTAIL BOOKS THAT EXPLAIN FLAVOR PROFILES Aristotle said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” These books helped me to understand flavor pairing. I started with gin.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

I also enjoy relaxing with a good book, especially ones about the history of spirits and mixology.” It’s well-stocked with a variety of high-quality spirits, including gin, whiskey, tequila, and rum. Traveling is another passion of mine—exploring new places and discovering local flavors always inspires my mixology.

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The Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 12, 2025

With that in mind, we’ve picked out two very different bases for our Martinis, we go high proof with Beluga Gold Line Vodka and low – not in quality, but volume – with Second Sip, a new, recently released 20% abv gin created very much with sessional Martinis in mind by industry stalwarts Leo Robitschek and Nick Strangeway.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 3, 2024

Like the events which gave gin the nickname “mother’s ruin” in the mid-1700s London, absinthe’s reputation was tarnished by unscrupulous profiteers who made cheap, adulterated, and dangerous imitations, marketed primarily to poor alcoholics. The original “Savoy Cocktail Book” (1930) includes dozens of cocktails that call for absinthe.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Tiki Cocktail Book & Tiki Glasses Surprise your closest friends who are standing by you on your wedding day with some really cool cocktail recipes. Pair a set of hurricane glasses or tiki mugs with a tropical cocktail book for your own customized, fun gift box. Photo by Gianluca Riccio via www.unsplash.com 1.

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Just Drinks

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In the six months ended 30 September, the Blackwoods Gin maker booked £393,000 (£510,662) in revenue, a 37.8% drop on the year prior.

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The Cocktail Lovers

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Missed booking a table for Valentine’s Day? It’s a winner, not only well-priced – a bargain at £55 per head, including the extremely quaffable Emma Spritz (Renais Gin, Chablis wine, elderflower, lemon juice and soda water) as your welcome drink. Book up at restaurants.co.uk Amen to that!

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 28, 2024

Plus a whole heap of bar, book and product goodness… Our inaugural episode of the season is pretty damned special, it’s the first one where you can watch as well as llisten in to our featured interviewee. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a lime wheel.

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The Cocktail Lovers

JANUARY 11, 2024

Our two product reviews are a case in point: First we go all regal and head over to Highclerc Castle where they make a gin based around 10 botanicals found in the castle’s Victorian orangery and monk’s garden, then we pop the cork and bust out a fabulous alternative to Champagne and sparkling wine – REAL Peony Blush fermented tea.

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The Cocktail Lovers

AUGUST 2, 2024

This is where our book choice comes in. It’s The Ice Book – cool cubes, clear spheres and other chill cocktail crafts, with expert tips from the King of Ice, Camper English. And at this time of year, more than ever, we all need to be on top of our ice game. Staying with things on the cooler side brings us to our guest.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

From here, it didn’t take long for a riff on the Americano to arrive, swapping out the soda water for a more boozy take with gin, creating the beloved Negroni. Miraculously, over 60 years later, the family recipe book was rediscovered, prompting Luxardo to begin distilling Bitter Bianco again.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MAY 10, 2024

On the agenda, our pick of products… The first is Ramsbury Raspberry and Wildflower Honey Gin, a delicious, summery spirit highlighting ingredients sourced from the Ramsbury Estate. But before we catch up with the terrific trio we have some business to tend to, in the form of our usual reviews.

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Bar Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

PocketSquare – the east London rooftop bar with skyline terrace – will launch a winter menu celebrating gin cocktails. For the bar’s seventh menu since opening over three years ago, the team looked back at their most popular cocktails since the launch and found them all to include gin.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Start with the "holy trinity" of base liquors: vodka, gin, and rum. For gin, Tanqueray 10 offers a citrusy profile. Highball Glass: For Gin & Tonic, Moscow Mule. The Foundation: Essential Spirits for Your Bar Cart Collection (Expert Picks) A bar cart without spirits is like a stage without actors. Elegant and iconic.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Her acclaimed, James Beard Award-winning cookbook, “Jubilee” (2019) started a conversation about African American culinary history, and her new cocktail book, “ Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice ,” continues this journey through the lens of drinks and the Black bartenders who have helped pave the nation’s cocktail culture.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If I were a Wisconsinite today, I’d be pretty excited for the prospect of a New Glarus gin, a New Glarus corn whiskey, or maybe getting a New Glarus brandy for my future Old Fashioneds. (I’m Illuminated Brew Works has their Halloween party on Saturday , and then hosts a Boozy Book Fair at noon on Sunday.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MAY 24, 2024

When internet nerds and bartenders started to rework and rethink old drinks around the turn of the century, little attention was paid attention to the two-ingredient stalwarts of the corner bar that, after reading Michael Ruhlman’s excellent Book of Cocktail Ratios , I have come to think of as “and” drinks. Rum and coke.

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VinePair

JANUARY 12, 2024

Like the Fog Cutter , Polynesian Spell, and Singapore Sling , the Saturn is a tiki classic made with gin. In a drinks genre more or less dominated by rum cocktails, gin plays a close second to the molasses and cane-based spirit, providing an unlikely but perfect botanical companion to any cast of fruit juices and syrups thrown its way.

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 7, 2025

Every Thursday, the rooftop will host live vinyl, the perfect excuse to book the night off and socialise.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the mid-20th century, a Macy’s shopper could have left with bags full of not only ties and slippers, but gin and bourbon. And not just any gin or bourbon. Macy’s brand gin and bourbon. I was frankly stunned that this family-oriented store my parents often shopped at had its own brand of gin.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It’s an equal parts drink made with ingredients that just about every bar that can keep its doors open has on hand: gin, sweet vermouth, Campari. The first decision, then, is which gin to use. You don’t need a high-end, collector’s unicorn-type gin here. How hard could it be? So many recipes!

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Monday : With whiskey and gin alternatives, you can recreate many classic cocktails with Monday’s non-alcoholic spirits. Amass : Although they are known for their alcoholic spirits, Amass also makes a zero-proof spirit using gin botanicals– although they say not to expect a gin proxy, per se. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

He devised the cocktail to accompany shellfish, with a gin-based spirit mixed with fruits and spices. Gin and Tonic A drink so straightforward that its name almost entirely contains its full recipe, the classic gin and tonic is about as clean and refreshing as a summer cocktail can get. RS Gin and Tonic 2 oz.

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 6, 2024

A few years ago, I found myself holding a book older than the United States of America. It’s a fascinating book that includes instructions for “how to extract a milky white substance from the rays of the moon” and “viper wine is made thus.” I was at a restaurant in the Meatpacking District with Ben Branson, founder of Seedlip.

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