Gin: The Art and Craft of the Artisan Revival

This is an easy to read book that has enough range and depth no matter what your prior knowledge of Gin is. Much better than the authors prior book on Gin that is much more general. Great for anybody interested in Gins evolution from its many roots to the craft revolution taking place today. highly recommended read.

Fascinating history of gin and its variations. Great resource for learning to distinguish what you like about gin and where to find it.

This is the first book to take a closer look at the emerging new categories of gin and to place it within context alongside the old guard. It includes profiles of key players in the distilling world and hundreds of ideas for how to drink gin as a cocktail, in a classic gin & tonic or neat, as an aperitif or a liqueur.

Bought two copies of this book, one for me and one for my daughter. The book itself describes everything you want to kow about gin, from the history to illustrated lists of some of the many gins available today. The quality of these 'used' books is great too - although listed as 'used - very good', it's better than that - both copies are immaculate! Shall certainly buy books from them again.

Lately I feel like the most interesting--and delicious--cocktails on the menu are all made with gin. Maybe it's a summer thing. Or maybe this book about gin's revival knows what's going on. The design is nice and modern and the pictures are great. It will look good sitting on my food & wine shelf, and it got more than a few oohs and aahs from my Labor Day house guests (I guess Amazon jumped the gun on the Sept. 17 release date). The book is divided into four parts: history of gin, a section on the mechanics of gin (how it is made, different types, etc.), a big section with reviews of individual gins, and some cocktail recipes. In the reviews section, hubs and I had fun looking for the gins from places we've been or and the ones we've tried‑or the ones we want to try (Dactari gin, with your insect woman on the bottle, get in my liquor cabinet). My favorite section was probably the history, particularly the medical uses of gin (such as juniper to ward off the black plague‑-spoiler, it didn't work) and women and gin. Apparently the spirit created quite a few career opportunities for London ladies. The recipes look good too, especially the gin and tonic pairings, although I haven't had a chance to try any yet. Whether you've always been a gin fan or, like me, you've recently discovered a love of gin, definitely check this book out.