The Bourbon Bartender: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the American Spirit [Hardcover]

Raise your glass to the bourbon renaissance with this must-have cocktail collection.
Made in America and aged in charred new American oak barrels, bourbon is the quintessential US spirit—but the best part is mixing it up into tasty drinks. Here are the best of the best. Whiskey experts Jane Danger and Alla Lapushchik offer timeless classics and forgotten gems, such as the Old Fashioned and the Boulevardier, as well as cutting-edge craft concoctions, including the Brown Derby and Paper Plane. They also serve up a short history of bourbon, tips for making delicious infusions and syrups, sidebars chronicling bourbon’s influence on American culture, short profiles of the country’s best bourbon-focused bars, and a calendar of bourbon festivals and events—everything a bourbon lover could want.

Raise your glass to the bourbon renaissance with this must-have cocktail collection! Whiskey experts Jane Danger and Alla Lapushchik showcase this quintessentially American spirit at its very best, featuring timeless classics and forgotten gems to cutting-edge craft concoctions. They also serve up history, home bartending tips, profiles of the best bourbon-focused bars, and a calendar of bourbon festivals and events—everything a bourbon lover could want.

Alla Lapushchik is coauthor ofCuban Cocktails: 100 Classic and Modern Drinks(Sterling Epicure). She assisted with the opening of the Bourgeois Pig while studying at New York University before moving to Mayahuel, Death & Co., Desnuda Cevicheria, and 124 Rabbit Club. After opening Post Office Whiskey Bar in South Williamsburg, she opened OTB, which focuses on craft spirits and comfort food.Time Out New Yorkincluded her among “Brooklyn’s New Order,” and she has been featured inBrooklyn Spiritsby Peter Thomas Fontanale and Chris Wertz,Imbibemagazine,TheNew York Times, andVillage Voice. She lives in Brlc)