Imbibe! Updated and Revised Edition From Absint

ThenewlyupdatededitionofDavidWondrich’sdefinitiveguidetoclassicAmericancocktails.CocktailwriterandhistorianDavidWondrichpresentsthecolorful，little-knownhistoryofclassicAmericandrinks--andtheultimatemixologist'sguide--inthisengaginghomagetoJerryThomas，fatheroftheAmericanbar.Wondrichrevealsnever-before-publisheddetailsandstoriesaboutthislarger-than-lifenineteenth-centuryfigure，alongwithdefinitiverecipesformorethan100punches，cocktails，sours，fizzes，toddies，slings，andotheressentialdrinks，alongwithdetailedhistoricalandmixologicalnotes.Thefirstedition，publishedin2007，wonaJamesBeardAward.Nowupdatedwithnewlydiscoveredrecipesandhistoricalinformation，thisneweditionincludestheoriginsofthefirstAmericandrink，theMintJulep(whichWondrichplacesbeforetheAmericanRevolution)，andthoseoftheCocktailitself.Italsoprovidesmoredetailabout19thcenturyspirits，manynewandcolorfulanecdotesanddetailsaboutThomas'slife，andanumberofparticularlynotable，delicious，andinfluentialcocktailsnotcoveredintheoriginaledition，roundingoutthepictureofpre-Prohibitiontippling.Thiscolorfulandgood-humoredvolumeisamust-readforanyonewhoappreciatesthetimelessappealofawell-madedrink-andtheuniquelyAmericanhistorybehindit.