Difford's Guide to Cocktails #12

Wow...everything you could possibly want (well except for a n index by Spirit) but I quibble. This is for bartenders really and I am just a dilettante

This is a dictionary or encyclopedia of cocktails. Amazing book to look through and looks great on my liquor cabinet.

Fantastic book, especially in the nearly-exhaustive recipes section. Pictures, ratings, and comments on each. If you only get one cocktail book, make it this one. A real go-to.

Excellent book. Surprisingly large and complete. Thousands of recipes that every bartender should have at his bar.

I spend days looking for a good cocktail book for my partner's birthday. I knew I had found it when I stumbled across this book. It is short and clear, showing you pictures of what each drink should look like. It gives you a lot of information on what ingredients would be best (and which cheaper version of ingredients you could swap them out with), exactly how to make it, what it should taste like and has fun quirky descriptions for them all. For some of the more well-known cocktails it also has a brief history. This book is very helpful and informative without being pretentious or overloading you with information. It is really easy to find a cocktail as everything is in alphabetical order. It is the best guide to pretty much all cocktails out there that you can get.

I started with Simon Diffords Sauce guides back in 2001. This book is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of drinks; I use it as a reference book and it would be at home in any bar serving mixed drinks for when a customer asks if you can make a [insert name of drink they had once in a bar whose name they can’t remember]

This is the only cocktail book you will ever need to buy. Has everything in it. Stuff you would want to make and stuff you would never make. Everything has a picture, recipe and description if applicable. Clear, concise and fascinating. If you are into cocktails it's a no brainer.Just buy it.

Brilliant book, an absolute bible for cocktail bartenders. Bought this for a friend who was just starting out in a cocktail bar and it really gives you all the information you need. Everything from glassware to the most obscure of mixed drinks. As someone who has worked with cocktails for my entire career I can highly recommend!

Quite simply the best cocktail book around and a must have for any mixologist!! Has 1000s of cocktails including photos of every one plus loads of interesting tips and tricks in the front of the book. Love it!