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Very few contemporary books exist on the topic of beer cocktails. The ones below are useful references, some for the recipes they contain and others for the colorful historic context they provide.
Abbott, Edward. English and Australian Cookery Book. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1864.
Acitelli, Tom. The Audacity of Hops. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2013.
Baker, Charles H., Jr. Jigger, Beaker, and Glass. New York: Derrydale Press, 1992.
Berry, Jeff. Sippin’ Safari. San Jose: Club Tiki Press, 2007.
Brown, John Hull. Early American Beverages. New York: Bonanza Books, 1966.
Cook, Richard. Oxford Night Caps. Chicago: Kalevala Books, 1871.
Curtis, Wayne. And a Bottle of Rum. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006.
Dickens, Cedric. Drinking with Dickens. New York: New Amsterdam Books, 1980.
Doxat, John. Booth’s Handbook of Cocktails and Mixed Drinks. London: Pan Books, 1966.
Earle, Alice Morse. Customs and Fashions of Old New England. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893.
Editors of Esquire. Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1949.
Hartley, Dorothy. Food in England. London: Macdonald, 1954.
Kappeler, George J. Modern American Drinks. New York: Merriam, 1895.
Marchant, W. T. In Praise of Ale. London: George Redway, 1888.
Ogle, Maureen. Ambitious Brew. New York: Harcourt, 2006.
Oliver, Garrett. The Brewmaster’s Table. New York: Harper Collins, 2003.
Philp, Robert Kemp. The Practical Housewife. London: Houlston and Wright, 1860.
Schmidt, William. The Flowing Bowl. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892.
Solmonson, David, and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson. The 12 Bottle Bar. New York: Workman, 2014.
Solmonson, Lesley Jacobs. Gin. London: Reaktion Books, 2012.
Spencer, Edward. Cakes and Ale. London: Stanley Paul, 1897.
Stelzer, Howard, and Ashley Stelzer. Beer Cocktails. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 2012.
Terrington, William. Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks. New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1869.
Thomas, Jerry. How to Mix Drinks. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1862.
Webb, Tim, and Stephen Beaumont. The World Atlas of Beer. New York: Sterling Epicure, 2012.
Wondrich, David. Imbibe! New York: Penguin, 2007.
—. Punch. New York: Penguin, 2010.
There are more websites and blogs dedicated to beer, spirits, and cocktails than anyone can possibly keep up with. The following are ones I follow and find consistently worth reading.
12 Bottle Bar, David Solmonson and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson,
www.12bottlebar.com
Art of Drink, Darcy O’Neil,
www.artofdrink.com
Beeronomics, Patrick Emerson,
www.beeronomics.blogspot.com
Beervana, Jeff Alworth,
www.beervana.blogspot.com
Brewpublic, Angelo de Ieso,
www.brewpublic.com
The Chuck Cowdery Blog, Chuck Cowdery,
www.chuckcowdery.blogspot.com
The Cocktail Chronicles, Paul Clarke,
www.cocktailchronicles.com
A Dash of Bitters, Michael Dietsch,
www.adashofbitters.com
Imbibe Unfiltered,
www.imbibemagazine.blogspot.com
Jeffrey Morgenthaler,
www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com
The New School, Ezra Johnson-Greenough,
www.newschoolbeer.com
Observation Post, Maureen Ogle,
www.maureenogle.com
The Pegu Blog, Doug Winship,
www.killingtime.com/Pegu
Professor Cocktail, David J. Montgomery,
www.professorcocktail.com
Punch, www.punchdrink.com
RumDood, Matt Robold,
www.rumdood.com
