"Like much of what Michael has written, [this book] makes other books on the subject redundant. Filled with history information and great recipes, it will definitely improve your parties."
—Ruth Reichl, in her substack newsletter, La Briffe
I'm so excited to announce the publication of my new book, The Book of Cocktail Ratios: The Surprising Simplicity of Classic Cocktails. It's based on the idea that if you know a few simple ratios, and some basic techniques, you not only know scores of recipes, but you can also have confidence in improvising your own.
The bulk of the book is devoted to isolating five primary cocktails and their many variations: The Manhattan, The Negroni, The Daiquiri, The Margarita, and The Martini, along with forays into highballs and some worthy cocktails outside ratio-based cocktails.
The book was illustrated by DC- and Oregon-based artist, Marcella Kriebel, and they are exquisite!
I love these illustrations!
She has also taken my ratio charts and turned them into beautiful wheels, a snapshot of the families I've put together. (And she sells them individually on her site!)
Signed Copy Giveaway!
To celebrate the book's publication, I'm GIVING AWAY 5 copies! To enter, either leave a comment on this post of your favorite cocktail OR, subscribe to my free Substack newsletter (you will automatically be entered). (Please note that I can only include readers in the continental US; apologies for that.)
Hope you'll have a look at the new book! Visit the Scribner site to order from your favorite source.
Really looking forward to purchasing! Love the Friday cocktail hour!
My favorite...probably tied between an Old Fashioned and a margarita (made well. Of course.) depending on the weather.
I'm so excited about this one! It's something I've been playing a lot with lately (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails) and looking forward to reading this one. Also ooh watercolors.
I’ve been on a Busted Pipe kick recently. I think it’s because I have a hard time deciding between making a Manhattan or a Negroni. Best of both worlds!
I’m so excited for this book! I also love the illustrations and the coasters! I’ll have to order some. Thank you for putting this together. I’ve always been a fan of your newsletter, and I’m a big fan of your Friday cocktail hour posts.
Hi. My favorite cocktail is the martini.
I love trying restaurants special creative cocktails but my favorite classic cocktail is a margarita.
Congrats! I’d love a copy!!!!
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My favorite cocktail is a well made, balanced Margarita!!
The Right Hook cocktail via New riff distillery
I am so excited for this book! My favorite cocktail is a classic Manhattan. But recently I have been on a Cynar Negroni kick. So good!
Anyways, congrats on your book!
I would love to have a signed copy of your new cocktail book.
I love a gimlet or anything with gin
I hope you sell a lot of books
Thanks for writing the book
Tanya Athanus
Loving the new book. Enjoying the background to the cocktail culture and individual cocktails
Enjoying the new book. I like the history behind the American cocktail culture and individual cocktails.
I’m excited about this book. My favorite cocktail is a whiskey sour.
My favorite cocktails are those with Italian bitters, like Cynar, Fernet, Campari…
As a Charcutier, I’ve been following you for a while. Your books with Brian Polcyn are an inspiration.
Keep up the good work!
Congrats on what looks like another great book! Favorite cocktail is an old fashioned, but paper planes are also near the top of the list. Cheers!
Hard to choose, but my regular is gin & tonic, but if I want something a bit more special I love a corpse reviver.
Can't wait to see some variations on an old fashioned!
Anxiously awaiting the arrival of my pre-order. Now, I'm hoping for a signed copy! Thanks for all of your content, Michael.
I love a thoughtfully made whiskey & sour. Here's to books and cocktails: Cheers!
I really love a classic Manhattan cocktail, but the Boulevardier is delicious with the addition of lovely Campari.
This looks like such a great book! I normally lean towards whiskey cocktails, but recently discovered the Paloma and I think this will be my summer drink of choice.
top 3
negroni
old fashioned
manhattan
Congratulations on your new book! I can’t wait to buy a copy for my live-in bartender, my husband, who got really good at making cocktails in 2020 - or gift him a signed copy 🙂
Discovered you and became a fan when Twenty came out( my kids got it for me several Fathers Days ago)… hoping the Cocktail Ratios book appears this Fathers Day! ( winning a signed copy would be over the moon fabulous!) . Thanks Michael for the joy and enrichment you bring to our lives.
Looking forward to this book! Larry
Super excited- have often thought of cocktails being grouped by their ratios.
Anything with Gin! Can’t wait to read the new book! Keeup the great work.
My favorite cocktail is the margarita and the original daiquiri. I’m also super excited for this book because I loved your other ratio book.
Congratulations on publication day! My favorite cocktail (well, one of them!) is the Caipirhina. It's refreshing and delicious. I also love a Marquesa Manhattan made with Papa's Pilar rum. And tequila drinks! Yum. Anyway, congrats- I'm looking forward to this book. I'll raise a glass to you when I mix my first cocktail from it. Cheers!
Congratulations Michael! It is always great to see you out with a new book. I would love a copy.
This book looks amazing. I'd have to say a Manhattan is my current drink of choice with a Sidecar as a close second
Margarita and vodka martini are my favs. Congratulations on the book!
Fabulous book! Loving the concept and illustrations add a real personal touch. My favorite cocktail, gosh- I have a wide palette. I love learning new ones so the book would help introduce me to many I don’t know. And, since I love Campari, or anything bitter- a Negroni hits the spot often!!!
Hearty congratulations!!! Well deserved.
As a bourbon drinker the classic Manhattan and/or Old Fashion are my favorites. But in summertime gin excites me as well. (I’m a seasonal drinker!) Your egg nog recipe has been a tradition in my circle for almost a decade. I twist it slightly every year from cinnamon whisky to pecan infused….they’re all amazing. The ratio of the original recipe is spot on. Can’t wait for this cocktail book and hoping for a signed copy? Cheers Ruhlman!
Michael, I’m excited to read your new book… after spending a week in Florence, my favorite cocktail became the Americano. Previously, it was the Negroni.
My favorite for years was a perfect Manhattan, but recently I have been partial to a Sazerac.
Both my daughter and I love a good Whiskey Sour, and with summer about to start a Dark & Stormy is always a nice option. Also, if anyone has a suggestion for a name for a recent concoction of mine I'd appreciate it! (2oz gin, 1/2 oz Cherry Heering liquor, and blood orange juice).
The book looks fabulous! I love the coaster with the wheels on them in your recent post! Gimlet is my favorite cocktail.
I would love to win a copy! My fave is a Negroni or a Light City Cocktail.
Your book, Ratios, has changed the way I cook, so maybe this book will change the way I drink! My favorite cocktail is an Old Fashioned 🥃😀
thanks!
Buying the book now, after listening to part of the audio book. Look into software "The Brain" and see if this might be an interesting tool to use to map out cocktails also :).
Current favorite is my twist on a Manhattan/Brooklyn / Dark Manhattan -
The "BabyG" (my nickname in certain circles) -
3 parts Rye (love James Pepper's 1776)
1 part Sweet Red Vermouth (Carpano Antico or Cocchi)
1 part Amaro (Meletti preferred)
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
1 'heaping' barspoon of Hamilton Petite Shrubb Clement Creole Shrubb
Love it!
I do agree with all the ideas you have introduced on your post. They are very convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are very short for newbies. May just you please prolong them a little from subsequent time? Thank you for the post.