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

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.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of this good book must be in want of a drink—and every cocktail, from the Elinorage Blossom to the Fizzy Miss Lizzie, takes inspiration from one of Jane Austen’s beloved novels. Including flips, punches, slings, and sours, these 50 recipes evoke the past but suit today’s tastes. Brimming with quotes, photographs, and period design, this intoxicating volume is a must-have for devoted Janeites.Recipes include: Hot Barton Rum * Just a Dashwood * Cousin Collins * Gin & Bennet * Salt & Pemberley * Bloody Elliot * Catherine Wallbanger * Hand in the Tilney * Life’s Not Fairfax * Strike It Richmond * Sussex on the Beach