The Ancient & Early Modern World
From the Tomb of Scorpion I — Wine Infused with Mint, Thyme & Sage
Anonymous, Apicius — Conditum Paradoxum (Surprise Wine)
Anonymous, Apicius — Rose Petal Wine
Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval, the Story of the Grail — Piment (Spiced White Wine)
Anonymous, This Is the Boke of Cokery — Hippocras (Mulled Red Wine)
Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Lamb’s Wool
Washington Irving, A History of New York — Stone-Fence
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park — Negus
Sir Walter Scott, Saint Ronan’s Well — Gin Twist
Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers — Pineapple Rum
Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit — Rum Toddy
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol — Smoking Bishop
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield — Rum & Lemon Punch
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad — Champagne Cock-Tail
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad — Sherry Cobbler
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad — Brandy Smash
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad — Eye-Opener
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad — Earthquake
The Twentieth & Twenty-First Centuries
P. G. Wodehouse, “The Aunt and the Sluggard” — Whiskey & Soda
P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves — Brandy & Soda
P. G. Wodehouse, “The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy” — Green Swizzle
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby — Mint Julep
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby — Gin Rickey
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby — Bronx Cocktail
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises — Jack Rose
Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica — Hangman’s Blood
Agatha Christie, Black Coffee — Satan’s Whisker
Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key — Manhattan
James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice — Bourbon & Coke
Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man — Knickerbocker Martini
Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy — Pink Gin
Norman Collins, Trinity Town — Sidecar
John Betjeman, “The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel” — Hock & Seltzer
Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep — Champagne Cocktail
P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime — May Queen
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls — Absinthe Shaken
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited — Alexandra
John Steinbeck, Cannery Row — Beer Milkshake
J. D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye — Very Dry Martini
J. D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye — Scotch & Soda
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale — Vesper Martini
Raymond Chandler, The Long Good-Bye — Gimlet
John Steinbeck, Sweet Thursday — Webster F. Street Lay-Away Plan
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita — Pin
Jack Kerouac, On the Road — Wine Spodiodi
Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana — Daiquiri
Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s — White Angel
Raymond Chandler, Playback — Gibson
Thomas Pynchon, “The Small Rain” — Tom Collins
John Updike, Rabbit, Run — Old Fashioned
Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Brandy Alexander
Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 — Whiskey Sour
Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream — Frozen Daiquiri
Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream — Gin & Coconut Water
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Singapore Sling
Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins — Gin Fizz
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions — House of Lords Martini
Philip Larkin, “Sympathy in White Major” — Gin & Tonic
John Updike, Rabbit Is Rich — Stinger
Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus — Sweet Rob Roy
Norman Mailer, Harlot’s Ghost — Berlin Station Chief
Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge — Tequila Sunrise
Your Favorite Writer’s Favorite Drink
Edgar Allan Poe — Brandy Eggnog
Gustave Flaubert — Apple Hot Toddy
Mark Twain — Whiskey Cock-Tail
William Butler Yeats — Clover Club
Ernest Hemingway — Death in the Afternoon
Zelda Fitzgerald — Spiked Lemonade
Tennessee Williams — Ramos Gin Fizz
William S. Burroughs — Vodka & Coke
Charles Bukowski — Boilermaker