Moonshine !
Entertaining, informative, and a great read.
Reference Reviews
Moonshine Markets: Issues in Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage Consumption and Production
Know what you are buying – or maybe not buying after reading this book.
No Reservations
A must have book for any Anthony Bourdain and/or No Reservations fan. Just wish it was in folio (coffee table book size) format.
Passion for Pinot A Journey Through America’s Pinot Noir Country
Informative and beautifully made too.
Preventing Internal Theft A Bar Owners Manual
How to keep that bunch of pirates you employ from making more money than you.
Rum A Social and Sociable History Of The Real Spirit of 1776
A fun read and excellent reference.
Shaken and Stirred
Excellent histories and recipes. Highly recommend !
Shaken NOT Stirred , A Celebration of the Martini
Celebrate with martinis before,during and after reading.
Spirit of The Cane, The Story Cuban Rum
Title: Spirit Of The Cane Subtitle: The Story Of Cuban Rum Author: Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller Publisher: Mixellany Limited Type: Reference (with some recipes) Binding: Softcover, Octavo, 207 pages, illustrated. Cost:$20 US REVIEWED BY: Chris Carlsson, Spirits Review.com Notes: The Spirit of The Cane is an entertaining yet nicely detailed treatise on rum and Cuban Rum […]
Spirituous Journey A History of Drink
A relentlessly researched and full of fascinating facts for both the casual reader and scholar of spirits , I highly recommend it as a addition to your reference library.
Stirred not Shaken
a waste of money except for humor at the author’s expense
Successful Beverage Management , Proven Strategies for the On Premise Operator
Bar Rescue in printed form
Tequila A Guide to Types, Flights, Cocktails and Bites
Pretty Basic or Bare Bones. Good for a start but hardly exhaustive.
Tha Cocktail Competition Handbook
An excellent book on how to enter and win a cocktail competition. Loads of practical and easty to remember advice. Highly recommend !
The Accidental Connoisseur
Excellent book on the wine trade and quite funny at times too !
The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits
A useful reference for those wishing to explore micro distilling – highly recommended .
The Beverage Operator’s Survival Guide
A very practical nuts and bolts approach to a lot of potentially nasty and expensive problems.
The Complete Book of Spirits
An interesting guide book on all types of spirits. While not exhaustive covers most of the more common brands that you find almost anywhere.
The Essential Guide to Scotch Whisky
Electronic database/book
The Gin Dictionary
A Truly excellent book on gin in it’s varied and multiferous aspects. Outstanding reference.
The King of Vodka
Interesting and engaging book on how Smirnoff came to be
The Modern Drunkard A Handbook For Drinking In The 21st Century
To hell with a drinking age – it should be knowledge based (that was basically my fathers philosophy), and this book should be required reading for your exams – written, oral and practical, preferably with internships.
The Professional Bartender’s Training Manual
An excellent reference on the nuts and bolts of how to be a bartender and a very practical training manual.
The Scottish Whisky Distilleries , for the whisky enthusiast
The technical reference on every Scottish distillery. Amazing detail and attention to every fact you might ever wish to ken.
The Wet And The Dry
Mr Osborne’s style, wit, and humor makes this not only an interesting read, but a true joy. A rare example of prose and style that will delight anyone who reads and drinks – preferably at the same time.
Traditional Distillation Art and Passion
THE book to buy if you want to understand distilling properly.
Vodka : How A Colorless, Odorless , Flavorless Spirit Conquered America
Very informative, in depth analysis of the vodka phenomenon. As easy and entertaining to read as vodka is to drink.
Whiskey The Definitive World Guide (Scotch, Bourbon, Whiskey)
One of the last Whiskey books Michael Jackson wrote with chapters by other noted experts.
¡Toma! Margaritas!
An excellent reference on Margaritas.