A funny and fascinating guide to liqueurs and spirits, featuring more than 60 drinks from 40 countries and easy-to-follow guides to making liqueurs at home
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From the Eastern European favorite Becherovka whose recipe is known to only two people; to?classic cocktail ingredients like Midori, the bright green Japanese melon drink that was launched at the Studio 54?wrap party for Saturday Night Fever, Goldwasser, the gold-flecked German drink that has been brewed since the 16th century and is supposed to have alchemical effects?this collection?tells the stories behind the word's most extraordinary drinks.?Alongside the A?Z is a series of easy-to-follow recipes?for liqueurs and spirits, for readers eager to concoct their own fruit brandies or make a traditional summer cup like PIMMS.?The more than?100 cocktail and shooter recipes include, of course, the classic 1980s cocktail the Slippery Nipple.
