I really enjoyed this book!
The author gives a great background on Prohibition and the time around it. it. TH ebook is designed with sepia tones that look great with the black and white photos included within.
As for recipes, Ted Haigh includes some of the no alcoholic drinks people were told to drink instead which was basically just different types of fruit ad juice. This adds an extra layer of history.
The best part though is clearly the photos of the recommended beverages in the last portion of the book. The author gives you the recipe and the background of each drink making it easy to recreate. But the photos of these drinks is art with n it's self.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes cocktails or interested in prohibition history.

This book was received as an ARC from Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry Books in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

After watching many episodes of Bar Rescue, I have learned a lot about the prohibition cocktails but it was really rewarding to read more information on the history of the cocktails. The ones that intrigued me were the 12 mile limit and the Last Word and how they came about plus they have my favorite ingredients in them as well. We have gotten many requests on cocktail recipes but do not have a lot in the collection due to the prohibition of cocktails and alcohol on the library premise. These recipes are very creative and they all look really delicious plus it was a treat to hear the history behind these cocktails. Every bar owner should have this book in their collection to recollect the history and the recipes for their reference.

We will consider adding this book to our Cookbook collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

This book “Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails; Prohibition Centennial Edition was provided as an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. I have to say I was really intrigued about the history of cocktails and the era of prohibition. So, I am thankful for the opportunity to review this book as it actually was fascinating.

It was done I believe very well as it gives you the whole history how so many influences contributed to what we know about cocktails. I truly enjoyed the vintage images, as well as, such detailed information. Of course the recipes are just perfect and I will be trying several of them out, can’t wait.

Even if you are not a cocktail drinker you should still read the book - it is very interesting and captures our history in a well thought out - concise manner.

I highly recommend this book and will definitely be purchasing the printed copy once available.

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