Synonymous with style, elegance, and sophistication, the Savoy is unsurprisingly also the birthplace of some of the most famous cocktails in the world. During the 1920s and 1930s, Prohibition-dodging Americans visiting London for tea-dances and cocktails made the bar at the Savoy their home. Here they were entertained by legendary American barman Harry Craddock, inventor of the White Lady and popularizer of the Dry Martini. Originally published in 1930, the Savoy Cocktail Book features 750 of Harry's most popular recipes. It is a fascinating record of the cocktails that set London alight at the time—and which are just as popular today. Taking you from Slings to Smashes, Fizzes to Flips, and featuring art deco illustrations, this book is the perfect gift for any budding mixologist or fan of 1930s-style decadence and sophistication.
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"Behind every great bartender (literally) is a roughed-up, stained copy of The Savoy Cocktail Book...it's been an industry must-have since its first edition." —GQ Magazine
"Savoy remains a handy reference for how things should be done behind the bar." —Culture + Travel
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I highly recommend the book along with the Boston Museum of Fine Art hand tooled martini shaker. (on web) Take yourself back to the thirties with a couple of cool ones. Great drinks and the illustrations will suit the serious vintage buff. Fun to look at even if you are not drinking.....even better when you are.
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I bought this book to share with my adult children over Thanksgiving 2010. We tried a number of the cocktails that we had heard about from older family members or from old movies... and they were fabulous! So many different ingredients to explore with easy instructions to follow. This book is very complete from an era gone bye... great way to bring that era into the 21st Century.
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This is a classic for a reason, good recipes and well written. There are hundreds of bartending books out there, competing for space in your shelf or on the coffee table - for myself, this one and Colin Field's Ritz book are the go to books and they look quite nice as well. There is another review in here slamming the Savoy book on the font used or something like that, it isn't very clear. Writing in 2012, the one I received is bound well, nice paper, well laid out and overall is a step above most books these days. Is it comparable to productions from Easton press or the Folio Society? No, but so what. This is a book meant to be used and spilled on.
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Classics, but a tad hard to find ingredients
This is a really neat little piece of history. The old school drink recipes take us back to a time long ago when the cocktail world was first developing. Read more
Published 2 months ago by buckeyede06
Top Of The Line
Got this for research, not really intending to make anything from it, but this is the best source for Thirties drink research.
Published on December 17, 2009 by M. Blum
not recommended
This is a facsimile copy of a classic vintage book. I thought that would be cool. However, if you remove the dust cover, the book have a Times New Roman font on the back. Read more
Published on November 29, 2008 by Jackal
The Savoy Cocktail by H. Craddock
The book (if you are able to find one) is great, but the seller is even better. I purchased my book from Lucky Seven Books. Always check with them first!
Published on July 22, 2004 by E. Spivey
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Cocktails have always epitomised the glamorous Jazz Age and the allure of alcohol during Prohibition a time when the first passenger planes took off, allowing liquor-deprived Americans to hop across the Atlantic for cocktails and parties, and glamour filled the lives of the rich and famous with the emergence of cinema and tea dances. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dry Gin, French Vermouth, Italian Vermouth, Dash Angostura Bitters, Apricot Brandy, Bacardi Rum, Canadian Club Whisky, Dashes Orange Bitters, Dash Orange Bitters, Plymouth Gin, Dashes Grenadine, Dashes Absinthe, Scotch Whisky, Dashes Angostura Bitters, Glass Brandy, Kina Lillet, Swedish Punch, Tablespoonful Powdered Sugar, Cherry Brandy, Dashes Maraschino, Glass Gin, Apple Brandy, Jamaica Rum, Teaspoonful Grenadine, Dash Grenadine New!
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Cocktails have always epitomised the glamorous Jazz Age and the allure of alcohol during Prohibition a time when the first passenger planes took off, allowing liquor-deprived Americans to hop across the Atlantic for cocktails and parties, and glamour filled the lives of the rich and famous with the emergence of cinema and tea dances. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dry Gin, French Vermouth, Italian Vermouth, Dash Angostura Bitters, Apricot Brandy, Bacardi Rum, Canadian Club Whisky, Dashes Orange Bitters, Dash Orange Bitters, Plymouth Gin, Dashes Grenadine, Dashes Absinthe, Scotch Whisky, Dashes Angostura Bitters, Glass Brandy, Kina Lillet, Swedish Punch, Tablespoonful Powdered Sugar, Cherry Brandy, Dashes Maraschino, Glass Gin, Apple Brandy, Jamaica Rum, Teaspoonful Grenadine, Dash Grenadine New!
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