What is a Mint Julep?
Travel Distilled explains what a mint julep is, the history of this bourbon cocktail, its link to the Kentucky Derby and a recipe for this Southern favorite.
Recipes
Five Classic Rum Cocktails
Here are five classic rum cocktails, with their brief histories and recipes, to enable you to enjoy this tasty spirit to the full.
The Cocktail Deck
Travel Distilled reviews The Cocktail Deck, a neat pocket gift idea for home bartenders that provides 52 classic and modern cocktail recipes like playing cards.
Bib & Tucker Double Char Bourbon Cooking Recipes
Travel Distilled publishes three Bib & Tucker Double Char Bourbon cooking recipes: Bourbon Beef and Basil Rolls, Bourbon Brisket and Bacon Bourbon Apple Crisp.
The Little Book for Cocktail Lovers
Travel Distilled reviews The Little Book for Cocktail Lovers by Rufus Cavendish, packed with cocktail recipes, ideas, information, trivia and fun!
Empress 1908 Gin
Empress 1908 Gin is a Canadian gin whose botanicals include black tea and butterfly pea blossom, which turns the gin indigo, and other colors in gin cocktails..
Spirits of the Otherworld
Spirits of the Otherworld by Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett is A Grimoire of Occult Cocktails, where alcohol meets alchemy, and where spirits meet spirits!
History of the Singapore Sling
The history of the Singapore Sling goes back to 1915 when it was created in the Long Bar of the Raffles Hotel in Singapore by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon.
The Modern Mixologist
The Modern Mixologist was Tony Abou-Ganim’s 2010 book, that preceded his fabulous look at vodka, Vodka Distilled. With its collection of sixty contemporary classic cocktails it will appeal to more than just vodka lovers.
Cocktails of the Movies
Cocktails of the Movies covers 72 cocktails from Hollywood’s greatest films, from Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot to The Big Lebowski’s White Russian.