What role did Scotch whisky play in the development of the steam engine? Who first coined the word "alcohol"? Spirits and drink historians Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown know. They have been on a spirituous journey since they first launched their web site Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of the Martini and the book by the same name. Fifteen years of travel around the world, a few worn out library cards, and thousands of pages of undiscovered research later, they have amassed their findings in the two-volume work, Spirituous Journey: A History of Drink. This initial volume opens with the...

Proclaimed a masterwork when it was originally published in 1995, The Book of Bourbon and Other Fine American Whiskeys by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan runs the gamut of American whiskey. This widely acclaimed work contains details on every aspect of American whiskey up to the mid-1990s. This landmark book contains a concise look at how whiskey in America evolved from the time of the Pilgrims, right through to the end of the twentieth century. Every distillery that was around at that time is comprehensively covered. The vast majority of American whiskeys on the market are described....

gaz regans Annual Manual for Bartenders, 2012 is the go-to book for professional bartenders worldwide. The Joy of Mixology, regans groundbreaking 2003 work, has become required reading for staff members at many of todays top cocktail lounges, and this new book is, in many ways, a sequel to that best-selling title.

And the success of gaz regans Annual Manual for Bartenders, 2011 proves that point, reaching the Top 50 Books in the Spirits & Cocktails category on Amazon.

gaz regans Annual Manual for Bartenders, 2012 is directed specifically at working bartenders, not consumers, and this not...

The eagerly awaited 101 Best New Cocktails 2012 is gaz regans annual collection of creative new cocktails from the worlds most talented bartenders. Nobody has his finger on the pulse of the global bartending community more than gaz regan-the bartender formerly known as Gary Regan.

The author of the gaz regans ANNUAL MANUAL for Bartenders series, the monumental The Joy of Mixology, and keeper of the Worldwide Bartender Database, gaz has hand-selected 101 of the 2012s best new cocktails as created by 100 mixologists from 25 countries, including Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada,...

Over the course of the last 12 months, gaz regan received approximately 7,000 recipes sent to him by bartenders all over the world, and from these drinks he picked the 101 formulas that he deemed to be the very best of the best new cocktails for this book. The recipes chosen for this year's list came from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand, UK, and the Good Ol' USA. "There are quite a few surprises in this year's list," says regan. "Scotch has made great headways with...

gaz regan knows his bartenders and their drinks. He's picked the 101 formulas that he deemed to be the very best of the best new cocktails each year for the past four years. Each time and in every volume, gaz has captured the ever-changing styles and tastes found not only in well-known drinking havens such as USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. He's also tracked emerging cocktail cultures in places like Norway, Hong Kong, Romania, the Philippines, Greece, Slovakia, Japan, Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Panama, and Bahrain. gaz regan's 101 Best New Cocktails, Volume IV...