Cocktails & Kicktails - Life-saving Recipes & Rhymes to Lift Body and Soul

Hugh Stewart, MA 1975

Cocktails and Kicktails - Life-saving Recipes and Rhymes to Lift Body and Soul, inspired by a wonderfully witty poem by Ogden Nash called A Drink With Something In It, contains twenty three cocktail recipes, each accompanied by amusing anecdotes, beautiful photographs, entertaining cartoons and a poem in the same style.

Publication of the book coincides with the launch of Shaker, a downloadable interactive App with recipes for 400 cocktails and mocktails and lots of useful features to make your cocktail party go with a bang.

Author Hugh Stewart, grew up in the Highlands of Scotland, surrounded by distilleries. That, combined with an enthusiasm for experimentation, led him to the joys of mixing cocktails. He started the book pre-COVID but the project accelerated during lockdown, fuelled by a few of the concoctions described in the book. His friends (many of whom are alumni) have been subjected to his experiments over the years and the fact that they’re all still friends suggests the recipes really do lift body and soul.

The cocktails market has taken off in recent years, as evidenced by the fact that Cuprinol’s Shed of the Year at the recent Ideal Home exhibition was inspired by Crème de Menthe. The Cocktails & Kicktails “Shaker” App has eight recipes that use Crème de Menthe including the gin-based Fallen Angel, a classic from The Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930, perhaps a legacy from Darling, be an angel and fix me a cocktail.

Publication details:

Title: Cocktails and Kicktails - Life-saving Recipes and Rhymes to Lift Body and Soul

Publisher: Rowan Books Publication

Date: 1st November 2021

Form: Hardback, printed on 150gm silk-coated paper

Pages: 84

Book Price: £13.99 “Shaker” App price £3.99 but free if book bought from Rowan Books

Availability: from booksellers, wine & spirits merchants, other retailers, or direct from Rowan Books https://rowanbooks.co.uk

ISBN: 9781739987701