2022 Drinks Books Gift Guide!

From cocktails to coffee, we have you covered for all of your drinks book gifting needs. Check out the highlights below and you can find the full collection here!

Wild Brews – Jaega Wise

Silver Award for Best Beer Book, British Guild of Beer Writers

Jaega Wise, head brewer at East London’s Wild Card Brewery and presenter of Amazon Prime’s Beermasters, is one of the UK’s experts in wild fermentation. Here, she explains the science behind the brewing process and shares her recipes so that you can experiment at home. Learn how to brew, bottle, and age your beer in wooden barrels, and produce a range of different sour beer styles, farmhouse ales and fruit beers.

How to Make the Best Coffee at Home – James Hoffmann

The Sunday Times Bestseller

Coffee expert James Hoffmann runs Square Mile Coffee, as well as creating extremely informative, and popular, kit and coffee reviews for his YouTube and Instagram channels. In his latest book he demonstrates everything you need to know to make consistently excellent coffee at home, including: what kit is worth buying, and what isn’t; how to grind coffee; the basics of brewing for all major equipment (cafetiere, aeropress, stovetop etc); understanding coffee drinks, from the cortado to latte; and the perfect espresso.

The Cocktail Cabinet – Zoe Burgess

In The Cocktail Cabinet flavour expert Zoe Burgess demystifies cocktails, explaining and exploring the structures, flavour profiles and techniques used. In the first part of the book Zoe helps you understand why cocktails work, looking at the five basic tastes and other elements, including the flavour profiles of key spirits.

The second part of the book puts that knowledge into practice, with more than 80 recipes for drinks organised by cocktail type – champagne-based, stirred, bitter, sour and long. Cocktails are about enjoyment, of course, but what this ingenious book demonstrates is that the more you understand what you’re drinking, the more you will enjoy not only that drink but the whole world of delicious options that understanding opens up.

The Complete Bordeaux 4th Edition – Stephen Brook

The Complete Bordeaux offers detailed information on the many communes and appellations of Bordeaux along with descriptions and assessments of all its major properties. As well as incisive portraits of the leading properties and their produce, Stephen Brook provides a detailed look at Bordeaux’s lesser-known areas and chateaux.

There is also an invaluable vintage guide to the last four decades. Bordeaux encapsulates an incredible 13,000 wineries throughout 54 appellations and this book includes a thorough explanation of Bordeaux’s history, terroir and winemaking styles.

Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book – with Margaret Rand

The world’s best-selling annual wine guide.

Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book  is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine – in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 46th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide.

60-Second Cocktails – Joel Harrison & Neil Ridley

‘The perfect stocking filler in the run up to Christmas and a must-read ahead of hosting festive dinner parties!’ Daily Mail

These simple-yet-delicious cocktails are divided into three chapters: No Shake, Sherlock – the easiest to make, requiring little or no preparation, and using standard spirits and mixers; Shake It Up – slightly more complex concoctions that need a quick shake or stir; and Magnificent Mixes – special drinks for the more decadent drinking occasions which require a little more prep, or an unusual ingredient here and there.

A Sense of Place – Dave Broom

‘A Sense of Place blends pin-sharp writing with evocative photography in a book to savour and treasure.’ – Ian Rankin

‘Few can match [Broom’s] ability to blend together critical thinking, insight and industry knowledge while giving the resulting mix a romantic twist.’ Whisky Magazine

In this beautifully crafted narrative, award-winning writer Dave Broom examines Scotch whisky from the point of view of its terroir – the land, weather, history, craft and culture that feed and enhance the whisky itself. Travelling around his native Scotland and visiting distilleries from Islay and Harris to Orkney and Speyside, Dave explores the whiskies made there and the elements in their distilling, and locality, which make them what they are. Along the way he tells the story of whisky’s history and considers what whisky is now, and where it is going.

The Cocktail Box

Featuring 50 recipe cards for Prohibition-era classics such as the Southsideand the Gimlet, and modern classics such as the Breakfast Martini, and the Bramble, The Cocktail Box is the home bartender’s best friend. There are cocktails to suit every taste and occasion from bubbly and sweet fizzy drinks that bring the party spirit, to dark and aromatic blends to help you unwind. The cards are also accompanied by a short guide that includes all the equipment, techniques and tips that you need to succeed.