The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks: 10th Anniversary Edition Hardcover – Illustrated, 19 Mar. 2013

I am so thrilled to get my book today. By accident I saw this book mentioned in a video I watched, and I will be taking a much closer look at what I grow in my garden. Occasionally fond of the medicinal cocktail this book arms me with all the relevant inside info as to how and why. Looking forward to a long hot summer now taking things easy. Know doubt with a few friends aroound to savour the results.

What started as a fun present idea turned out to be the most read and referenced book in our house during a big family gathering this Christmas. A sure-fire winning gift, or read it yourself, for anyone interested in the raw materials - from flavouring to bulk ingredients - behind drinks from around the world. Also of practical interest to gardeners, botanists - even economists, with some interesting insights on innovative uses for local crop resources. Some reviewers seem to have marked it down for quirky design and smallish text, but it's all the more charming for it in my opinion. Why not?

Fascinating research; an interesting premise. What a fund of information and wide spread of detail. I couldn't put it down and sent it to my son who makes his own wine from hedgerow gatherings. As he said it was "right up my street." So we both enjoyed it immensely.Anyone who has wondered about the makeup of their drink should read this. It covers every plant, flower, tree imaginable all over the world.

This is a nice book, sadly it does not quite cover the areas I was looking for e.g. distilling without alcohol, which is a shame but I am sure I will use it for one of the recipes at some point.

I ordered this book but I didn’t expect to discover what I found inside. This book is even better than I expected !The book that evey bartenders should have or new bartenders should get. A lot of knowledges for professionnals.That’s exactly the kind of book I was looking for. Discovering all your liquors and spirits by the basics.

I really like this book I bought it because I wanted to know what went into drinks. It is well written and easy to read and pick bits and pieces out of the recipes work well too. Great for beginners and more experienced readers too

After Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, Stewart has gone in a different direction with this. Again, the book itself is lovely, the contents are informative, interesting and sometimes amusing and in this, we also have cocktail recipes....... it's costing me a fortune, hunting down delights such as Creme de Violette so I can make the cocktails, so be warned!

I am absolute fan of this book and author! Highly recommended for all levels of botany study, from very beginners to most advanced readers. Huge amount of interesting well composed facts nicely told to get a very exact grasp of every spirit and plants used make spirits, including cocktail, all more of less famous beverages, alcohols and spirits.