Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink!: 65 Cocktails to Protest Americas Most Outlandish Alcohol Laws

"With 60 delicious cocktail recipes paired with 60 of the most laughable, head-scratchable laws, Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink! is both a fabulous cocktail book and a riotous look into the political underworld of the booze industry. Thanks to Prohibition, there are thousands of laws still in existence today that limit our ability to enjoy cocktails, not only at bars but even in our homes! In Wyoming, it is illegal to hold a wine-tasting in your own home. In places like New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, you can't buy alcohol on Christmas. And in Ohio, you can't depict Santa or mothers in any advertisement for alcohol. Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink! inspires readers to resist these laws with a drink in hand, whether it's the Crawl So Hard, made with vodka and coffee liqueur; the Zion Curtain, with its mojito-inspired ingredients; or the Dazed and Confused, composed of ginger-infused vodka and ginger ale"--
A cocktail book complete with a tour of America&;s most bizarre booze laws&;with 65 recipes and 65 laws, representing every state in the union&;written by the nation&;s foremost alcohol-reform expert.
&;An impassioned case against a senseless system . . . Come for the cocktail recipes, stay for the call to arms.&; &;Clay Risen, author of American Whiskey, Bourbon, and Rye &;A potent, thought-provoking mixture of fun and &;what the hell&; awareness.&; &;Lew Bryson, author of Whiskey Master Class Across this nation, in breweries, liquor stores, bars, and even our own homes, we&;re being stripped of our most basic boozy rights. Thanks to Prohibition and its 100-year hangover, some of the most outdated, bizarre, and laughably loony laws still on the books today center around alcohol and how we drink it. In New Mexico, $1 margaritas are illegal. In Utah, cocktails must be mixed behind a barrier called the &;Zion curtain.&; And forget about happy hour in Massachusetts&;the state banned it in 1984. But we don&;t have to stand down and dry up&;it&;s time to take to liquid protest. Created by the nation&;s leading alcohol policy expert, Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink! combines the thirst-inducing pleasure of trivia with 65 recipes for classic and innovative cocktails. So arm yourself with a mezcal-based One Pint, Two Pint, inspired by Vermont&;s ban on beer pitchers, or The Boiling Point, a beer cocktail that is highly illegal in Virginia, and get ready to drink your way to a revolution on the rocks.