The Home Distilling & Infusing Handbook: Make Your Own Whiskey & Bourbon Blends, Infused Spirits, Cordials & Liqueurs

by Matt Teacher

Create your own signature blends at home with the fully updated and newly expanded edition of The Home Distilling and Infusing Handbook, featuring dozens of creative infusion recipes!

Like to dabble, invent, experiment, and concoct? Like to drink? Move beyond bartending and learn how to combine alcohol with herbs, spices, fruit, and more to create your own custom blends! This book guides you step-by-step through the process of creating unique and delicious alcoholic infusion and blends as well as infused cordials and cremes. No fancy degree or equipment required! Also, learn how to make your very own whiskey blends. Includes fifty unique recipes from some of today's leading mixologists, including: Smoked Bacon Bourbon, October Apple Liqueur, Horseradish Vodka, Silver Kiwi Strawberry Tequila, Cucumber Gin, Cherry Whiskey, and Blueberry Bourbon. Cheers, and bottoms up!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Brewing

224 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2011

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've recently been dabbling in infusing spirits and am intrigued by the idea of home distillation. Despite the title, this book emphatically is not about distillation.

Basically, the author has asked some of his hipster bartender friends to write brief descriptions of infusions that they make. Without editing or standardizing them, he then compiled them in this book, and took some photographs of liquor in bottles, mostly as a vehicle to display his vast array of bottles.

All told, this book is mainly aimed at the Axe Body Spray crowd and is not worth the price. Feel free to browse it at your local library.

[Annette McIntyre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of interesting things to do with alcohol in this book.

[Hilari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I should have read the title better, I thought this was more perfume making. But the recipes in here for drinks are very creative and the flavors seem they’ll go well together.

[Christine K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good size, layout, content.
I've had a couple of really good concoctions from here. Most of the entries could be found somewhere on the internet but that's no fault of the book's. It's a nice jumping off point and reference.

My favorite chapter in the book is "Featured Infusions" which is a collection of drinks from celebrated mixologists.

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book! I have made so many things out of it and they are all super yummy and easy. My only complaint is that every once in awhile there is a recipe that doesn't have instructions for storage and shelf life. I love that there are cocktail suggestions for most of them.

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has a lot of different drink ideas. the only thing that I wish the book had was a chapter about home brewing whiskey, beer etc.

[Alyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! So many different concoctions and nice photos throughout. I'll have the October Apple Liqueur ready for fall- can't wait!

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

5 stars for infusions, 0 stars for information on home distilling--it was misleading to include those words in the title.