Gin Austen: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Novels of Jane Austen - Hardcover

Brimming with enlightening quotes from the novels and Austen's letters, beautiful photographs, and period design, this intoxicating volume is a must-have for any devoted Janeite. --Alcademics.com "A cocktail recipe book based on novels by Jane Austen for delighting your guests at the next social engagement. You could say it's a very sensible purchase. Drinks include Brandon Old-Fashioned, Cousin Collins, Fizzy Miss Lizzie, and Gin and Bennet. . . . This is a great book to have for any party or occasion. Some of the drink names are quite clever. Drinks that are unique and out of the ordinary." --BuzzFeed

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of this good book must be in want of a drink. In six enduring novels, Jane Austen captured the fancies and foibles of Regency England, and every delightful page of this book celebrates the picnics, luncheons, dinner parties, and glamorous balls of Austen's world. At these social engagements, gossip reigned, love flourished, and drinks flowed. Discover an exotic world of cobblers, crustas, flips, punches, shrubs, slings, sours, and toddies, with recipes that evoke the past but suit today's tastes. Raise your glass to Sense and Sensibility with a Brandon Old-Fashioned, Elinorange Blossom, Hot Barton Rum, or Just a Dashwood. Toast Pride and Prejudice with a Cousin Collins, Fizzy Miss Lizzie, Gin & Bennet, or Salt & Pemberley. Brimming with enlightening quotes from the novels and Austen's letters, beautiful photographs, and period design, this intoxicating volume is a must-have for any devoted Janeite.