Along the way, you will find expert mixing tips, drink history and stories worth reading over a martini or two.

Sometimes, you like the flavour of something but it’s just an indulgent treat, and you ought to know better. You look at it and it’s been a one-man band that has risked everything and built a micro distillery in the heart of Camden town. There were no police and the only way that society was kept together was by everyone trying to force people into thinking that they had a very set class and were not allowed to move out of that. He’s doing the tasting notes of the tonic water by themselves but there’s an implied pairing that’s a lot more general.The medicinal properties of it were so potent that when people were creating alcohol and creating what started off as medicinal tinctures, juniper was always going to be a huge part of it.

The book covers in great detail the history of juniper and gin, how gin is made and where the various botanicals come from, plus how to mix it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Please note, all personalisation will appear exactly as provided and personalised books are non-refundable unless faulty. Filled to the rim with history, how to’s, what for’s, drinking games, cocktail recipes and serving suggestions as well as a whole host of ‘gintellectual’ curiosites, The Little Book of Gin is ‘ginfinite’ in its revelry.It doesn’t dwell on too many facts but just the key elements that you need to understand the history of it. What Jessica’s book does really well is show that the gin craze wasn’t just about this sudden attraction to cheap spirit. He is the author of The Mixer s Manual, Man Made, The Gentleman's Guide to Grooming, 50 Queers Who Changed The World, Gin: Shake, Muddle, Stir and Rum: Shake, Muddle, Stir. Filled to the rim with history, how to's, what for's, drinking games, cocktail recipes and serving suggestions as well as a whole host of 'gintellectual' curiosites, The Little Book of Gin is 'ginfinite' in its revelry. There are hundreds and hundreds of different cocktails, but there are classics such as the Martini, Corpse Reviver, Tom Collins, Negroni and French 75 that have one luscious ingredient in common: gin.