The Lucky Drinker Cocktail Book by Ciprian Zsraga

Today I am joining a blog tour celebrating all the different types of books from Clink Street Publishing. I've got a slightly unusual cocktail book which actually started out it's life as a blog!

Book Summary

This book represents a journey in the world of cocktails from a historic point of view and in addition, treats deeply various aspects: from basic bar techniques to advanced innovative ideas that can be used to create impressive drinks: pressure infusion, clarification, smoking, ageing, fermentation and even spherification!

The Lucky Drinker Cocktail Book covers everything from bar equipment to bar personalities and how they influence the world of drinking, what are the elements and what is the approach to create an outstanding cocktail, food and beverage pairing, alcohol intake but also how to calculate the cost of a cocktail: very important aspect that will help you to have a profitable cocktail menu.

It starts with the usual information such as bar equipment but also has sections on sustainability, bar personalities, and food and drink pairings. It's great to see a whole chapter dedicated to ice as it really is such an important element!

The cocktail recipes are split by base spirit and this little book includes lots of classic favourites as well as some lesser known cocktails. I love the bit of history of each of the cocktails and there are tips to try different versions of the traditional recipes. My only complaint is that I would have liked to see more pictures of all the cocktails.

One of my favourites is the Aviation and I couldn't resist mixing one up. 20ml lemon juice, 5ml violette liqueur, 10ml maraschino, 45ml gin. shake with ice and strain into a glass.

Another one I'd like to mention is the Alaska. It's actually one I haven't heard of before and it sounds so good! 2 dashes orange bitters, 20ml yellow chartreuse, 50ml gin. Stir in mixing glass with ice and then pour into glass. Garnish with twist of lemon peel.