The Gin Drinker's Year: Drinking and Other Things to Do With Gin; Day by Day, Season by Season

by Pyramid

Overview

The gin drinker's essential guide to the best year ever

The Gin Drinker's Year is a day by day, season by season celebration of all things gin. 

Inside you'll find an entry for every day of the year, including heartfelt tributes to Snoop Dogg's 'Gin and Juice', and the sozzled wit and wisdom of renowned gin soak Dorothy Parker. You'll also find the rules of Gin Pong and Ten-Gin Bowling, as well as delectable gin-spiked food recipes like Penne alla Gin or Gin and Tonic Sorbet, plus seasonal ways to amp up your gin cocktails.

You'll also discover fascinating snippets of gin-eral knowledge such as the history of vermouth, the Christmas gift that the beefeaters of the Tower of London are given every year, and why you most definitely should be celebrating National Gingerbread Day.

So let the festivities be-gin. This is every gin lover's handbook to the best year ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780753734551
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,062,665
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Pyramid publishes books on a wide range of popular subjects including cookery, reference, mind body spirit and gift. Beyond its new books, Pyramid is known for its titles drawn from the extensive Octopus archive and its custom publishing expertise.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

January 8

New Year's resolutions, Burns Night, Al Capone and a celeriac gin-fusion.

February 20

Spin the Bottle, National Toast Day, Pancake Day and the Leap Day Cocktail.

March 32

Gin Snap, White Day, St Patrick's Day, Earl Grey and some rather questionable poetry.

April 48

Shakespeare's birthday, National Raisin Day and a Great Gatsby inspired Gin Rickey.

May 60

Dick Bradsell's birthday, a Delft Donkey, a little opera and International Tea Day.

June 74

Strawberry Fields, World Gin Day, Father's Day, a load of cobblers and floral foraging.

July 88

Independence Day, genever, National Piña Colada Day and garden games.

August 102

Lychees, Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash, World Oyster Day and Dubonnet.

September 116

Hedgerows, Florida, International Talk Like a Pirate Day and directions to Park Lane

October 130

International Gin & Tonic Day, the Beer Flood, spooky concoctions and Sake.

November 146

Albert Camus, National Espresso Day and the anniversary of Casablanca.

December 160

Humphrey Bogart's birthday, Roald Amundsen, Gin Pong and fizzy bubbles.

Index 174