Mr Lyan’s Cocktails at Home

This book was great!!
This book is absolutely stunning to look at with its mix of doodles and photography! It also has some brilliant cocktail ideas - from the basics to more modern and original versions!
There is so much in here!

I want to try them all!

Gorgeous photos, easy recipes, tasty drinks! This book is a must buy for any cocktail lover! Can't wait to see all the different ones I make over the summer! Thank you Netgalley!

This is an excellent collection of cocktails. The cookbook provides general tips for making drinks and recipes for common and uncommon drinks. The basic recipe for each drink is easy to follow, and there are additional tips or information on making the drinks provided as well.

The doodles are super cute but for accessibility purposes I would have liked a regular font. It's not the worst thing ever, it's just something that caught my eye because I was straining a bit to read.

The cocktail photos are gorgeous! So far I've tried and loved the "Summer Berry Tequila with Ginger Ale" and the "Bicycletta" which were big hits at a dinner party.

The little descriptions of the drinks are also cute! The one for the Manhattan for example: "Satisfying, rich and complex, it's peerless when I need something to settle my body and soul late in the evening." couldn't agree more

I absolutely loved reading this book. I was completely drawn into the topic of cocktails and could not stop reading it.

I requested two books about drinks from NetGalley Mr Lyans Cocktails at Home and and Party Drinks: 62 Nonalcoholic Dirty Sodas, Punches & More to Celebrate!

I'm reviewing these together because, although the content differs, and they are both unique and charming books in their own ways, my reviews were going to be remarkably similar. Both books have a clear and easy to understand layout - introduction, tools, how to make your own ingredients and then recipes, neatly divided into logical chapters and then an index. Both books have both ounces and grams. Both are attractive and full of helpful tips and information. And I will probably never make any of the drinks for either of these books (except a gin and tonic, and I don't actually agree with Ryan's advice to make everything as cold as possible and use as much ice as fits in the glass - what the point of using quality ingredients if they are going to be too cold to taste?). I go out a lot, and these slightly more complicated and messy to make drinks are things I am happy to pay other people to make for me.
That said, I would be delighted and amused if someone gave me either of these attractive books as a gift. They are full of pretty pictures and delicious looking drinks, and make me dream of a life where I am tidy and have 12 kinds of bitters and 6 types of sodas in my butlers pantry.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an E-Arc in exchange for an honest review.

Oh man I love a good cocktail book and I host a lot of parties so this one was perfect. I tried a few out and their delicious I can’t wait to buy the physical copy