A handbook of classic cocktails essential to every hosts repertoire VogueSimple to navigate and fun to read, its the only book I reach for on a Friday evening. The weekend starts here. Felicity CloakeI truly love this book. No one writes about drinks like Richard Godwin - I enjoy his prose as much as anything in the glass. Marina HydeWant to master the art of mixology from home?Of all the skills you might acquire in life, learning how to make exquisite cocktails is the least likely to be a waste of your time.In this classic guide to cocktailing, writer, columnist and founder of The Spirits newsletter - a book club but for cocktails - Richard Godwin offers over 200 delicious, inventive and accessible recipes.Beautifully written, laugh-out-loud funny and full of practical good sense as well as fascinating historical snippets, this little book contains everything that an amateur needs to up their cocktailing game - and increase the sum of human happiness.Praise for The SpiritsThe Spirits is debonair, indispensable and easy enough to use after a few Damian BarrRichard Godwin is such a smart, funny and intoxicating drinks writer. And The Spirits - accessible, authoritative and crisply written - is the perfect companion for cocktail-curious drinkers looking to seriously up their game. Jimi FamurewaRichard is a charming and fantastically engaging guide, and this marvellous book captures all that great and glamorous about drinking well-made drinks. Sathnam SangheraFull of interesting stories... witty, thoroughly researched. GuardianThis is the ultimate in cocktail books Waitrose WeekendThe best place to turn if you want to make drinks IndependentThe ultimate guide to drinks-making for beginners. And the ultimate guide to making friends and influencing people. BuzzfeedOffers a wealth of modern and classic recipes Evening StandardInspirational Stephen Bayley, SpectatorIntelligent, humorous, crammed full of recipes Rebecca Dunphy, Sainsburys MagazineIf youre going to buy one cocktail book, you cant go far wrong with this one BBC Good Food