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Cocktail Guidebooks
Sometimes, the only difference between a cocktail guidebook and a Wad-O-Drinks book, is that the recipes are of better quality, or of lesser quantity.
If you take a Wad-O-Drinks book and pare it down to the 300 or so cocktails that are "classic", then you can end up with a "cocktail guidebook". Where a Wad-O-Drinks book is one that you would use to look up recipes that your college friends might pummel you with, a "Cocktail Guidebook" is one that you would use yourself to try to find a good cocktail recipe that you want to try. The best cocktail guidebooks, will also contain commentary and observations from the author that gives you some description, history, and variations of many of the drinks. Thus providing you with much better information on which drinks you should perhaps be paying attention to.
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| The Bartender's Deck
by: Philip Collins, Sam Sargent
October 1997
Based on The Art Of Cocktail, this is set of (non-playing) cards with recipes on one side, photo on the other |
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| Classic Cocktails
by: Salvatore Calabrese
September 1997
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| Classic Cocktails of the Prohibition Era : 100 Classic Cocktail Recipes
by: Philip Collins
July 1997
The sequel to The Art Of Cocktail, with the equally great photos of some classic cocktails |
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| Cocktail-O-Matic : the little black book of Cocktail
by: Suzanne Matczuk
1998
You won't find any of those fru-fru cocktails with silly names or funny ingredients here. If you are serious about learning about cocktails, then this book is a good choice. |
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| Cocktail : The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century
by: Paul Harrington and Laura Moorhead
May 1998
 This is one cocktail book that no bartender should be without, hobbiest or professional. |
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| The Craft of the Cocktail
by: Dale DeGroff
September 2002
The first cocktail book by the widely recognized king of cocktails presents a masterful collection of both cocktails, and cocktail lore. |
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| Drink As Much As You Want and Live Longer
by: Frederick M. Beyerlein
1999
In an interesting approach to drinking, nutritionalist Frederick Beyerlein approaches this in only a way that a nutritionalist could. |
|  | Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, The
by: David A. Embury
1948, reprinted 1952, 1958
One of the first, and still one of the best, books that truely examines the art of the cocktail |
|  | Gentleman's Companion, The
by: Charles H. Baker, Jr.
1939, reprinted 1946
This eclectic compilation of both drink and food is a prized addition to any library |
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| New Classic Cocktails
by: Gary Regan, Mardee Hardin Regan
June 1997
Not your average cocktail book. A small collection of botique cocktails along with good background info on them |
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| What to Drink with What you Eat
by: Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page
September, 2006
An important culinary resource to help aid you in finding the right food and drink pairing |
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| World Encyclopedia of Cocktails
by: Paul Martin
June 1996
A great collection of cocktails and cocktail information by somebody who obviously is passionate about the subject. |
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| The World's Best Bartenders Guide
by: Joseph Scott & Donald Bain
1998
A collection of cocktails, and variations, from noteable bartenders the world over |
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