Clever is the perfect description for this book. I’m decent at making drinks at home (my grandmother taught me to make my own coffee liquor instead of baking cookies) but this book takes it to 11. I mean for the homemade pumpkin spice syrup and boozy butter beer are reasons enough to grab this book.

Once published, this is going to be a must have for anyone looking to expand their knowledge of cocktails and mixology.

The author gives great tips on how to make your standard cocktails, and then also expands to give each a twist or two to enhance the flavors. He also ties each cocktail into pop culture through TV shows and movies, which adds an element of fun.

I will absolutely be purchasing this book once available for my friends and family.

A good mixologist is an artist. To become one you need to learn the basic and build on them. This book is a great example of that. Learning how to mix drinks, understanding how different, and sometimes unlikely, ingredients work together is a skill that comes with time and experimentation. However this book provides you with some lessons in just that.

While not heavy on recipes, you will learn enough to start creating your own recipes and upscaling drinks that you make now. I’m all about the creativity process and look forward to creating some of my own libations now that I have a bit more understanding after reading this book.

This book was around 3.5 stars for me. I wasn't familiar with Nick Fisher or his youtube channel before I found this book, but will definitely check it out.

This is an interesting guide book of cocktails from pop culture. Including drinks from shows like Archer, the Simpsons, and Harry Potter Fisher breaks down how to make different cocktails and why they work. The pictures of the drinks in this book are beautiful! There's information throughout the book on how to properly mix drinks, using ice, incorporating citrus and more. I was expecting more recipes in this book. There are some for standard drinks like white Russians and manhattans and some for more adventurous drinks like a green Russian. Fisher includes recipes for "improved" versions of drinks that have an upgraded spin on them as well as the original drinks. Some of these drinks require more work than your average drink or some dairy, which may not be your thing.

Overall it's an interesting read.