Books
Drinkhacker’s books category covers everything from the history of drink to cocktail recipe collections and more. Books are rated using the same letter grade scale as our beverage reviews.
Top Book Posts:
The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
Japanese Whisky
Cork Dork
Previously, on Drinkhacker: Unless you, gentle reader, are wearing workman’s overalls or carrying a bag or purse, fitting Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book anywhere on your person is a mildly amusing notion. While the amusement in the above quote can still be found year in and year out when it comes to this venerable reference…
Cocktail books are a fantastic gift for anyone who loves mixing drinks. They’re packed with fun recipes, from the classics to more adventurous creations, so there’s always something to try out. Plus, many of these books share interesting stories about the drinks and their origins, which adds an extra layer of enjoyment. As readers dive…
Ho ho ho! Forget milk and cookies, what Santa needs this year is a shot of good, hard alcohol to help get him through whatever 2025 has in store for us. Shopping is tough, so if you’re considering a special bottle for a special someone in your life, look no further. We have you covered…
Nearly a century after its publication, Larousse Gastronomique remains a pillar of French cuisine. Alongside Auguste Escoffier’s Ma Cuisine and Elizabeth David’s French Provincial Cooking, it helped usher in a new era of cookbooks, reinvigorating European culinary tradition. Larousse Cocktails, originally published in French in 2019, has finally received its slightly overdue English translation and…
The bar Scotch (they write it in all caps but we follow AP capitalization guidelines here) at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh opened in 2013 and has gradually built a reputation as a watering hole constructed with some of the finest drams in all of Scotland (all caps, to be sure). As these things go,…
A good story always seems to make our favorite beverages seem more appealing, and true crime stories remain in the upper echelon of stories that capture the interest of the public. The two together with the a new book that is sure to steal the attention of lovers of libations: Behind Bars: True Crime Stories…
Unsatisfied with authoring not one, but two of the best whisky books of the last decade, Dave Broom returns with an updated edition of his World Atlas of Whisky. Now in its third iteration, Broom made the creative call to replace 90% of the photography, increase the distillery profiles by 150% (500 distilleries now receive…
The pull quote on the back cover of Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley’s In Fine Spirits declares “The culture of enjoying quality spirits and liquors is in a new golden age.” While economic reports from Discus and crisis clickbait headlines from major media outlets would suggest otherwise, the appearance of new distilleries and breweries (macro-…
This translation of Pascaline Lepeltier’s One Thousand Vines is dense (the original French edition was released in 2022). Every chapter is its own college course part of a larger, self-taught degree in oenology, every sentence is worth re-reading and committing salient details to memory in the event they reappear when explaining concepts deeper into the…
For generations, consumers didn’t put much thought or concern into the ingredients of food and beverage. It’s only been relatively recently that consumers have taken a real interest in what makes up our culinary experiences. In generations past, imbibers didn’t care to know every minute detail of how their favorite brandy or whiskey was produced.…