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Fizz

80 Joyful Cocktails and Mocktails for Every Occasion

Author Olly Smith
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Hardcover (Paper-over-Board, no jacket)
$18.99 US
5.8"W x 7.85"H x 0.7"D   | 14 oz | 30 per carton
On sale Sep 15, 2020 | 160 Pages | 9780593139448
Add a little sparkle to any occasion with 80 seriously simple cocktail and mocktail recipes for any occasion, united by their unique and exciting use of fizzy mixers.

Bubbles are shortcuts to joyful moments. Whether the fizz comes from Champagne, cava, cider, beer, soda, or kombucha, a sparkling drink signals celebration and instantly turns any meal or get-together into a special one. Fizz is the ultimate guide to introducing more liveliness into your cocktail repertoire and bringing the most casual fête to the next level of celebration—with minimal effort.

Organized by occasion and purpose (Bubbles after work? Crowd-worthy batches for the holiday? Bringing your drinks to a summer picnic?), the drinks in Fizz are as gorgeous as they are simple, with plenty of booze-free bubbly alongside the classics to suit all tastes. Spritzes, negronis, and sangria abound, while those looking to expand their drinks horizons will delight in choices like Spiced Rhubarb Tonic and booze-free Ginger Kombucha. Fizz has a breezy mocktail or a potent punch for everyone, making it easy to turn any day into a celebration.
Olly Smith is a multi-award-winning wine writer and broadcaster, known for his regular appearances on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen and his own shows on Radio 2. Olly writes a weekly wine column for The Mail on Sunday, hosts his own podcast, A Glass With..., and has a chain of Glass House wine bars aboard P&O Cruises. View titles by Olly Smith
Introduction

This book is about sharing fun flavors for any occasion in simple cocktail recipes with one thing in common: fizz.

Sparkles are shortcuts to joyful moments. Whether it’s champagne, cava, cider, beer, soda, or kombucha, bubbles invariably buzz as we celebrate the occasions, people, and places that are most special to us. With simplicity, these drinks, whether cocktail or mocktail, are designed to take your mood to cruising altitude without the need for takeoff.


The Basics

Depending on which fizz you’re popping, the drink you’re creating will have a unique core characteristic. For instance:

• Classic champagne has many merits.
• Mellow fizz such as prosecco works with fruity flavors from rhubarb cordial to pomegranate molasses.
• Sour kombucha can spritz up zesty tropical flavors such as passion fruit.
• Cava is more savory and pairs well with herbal and aromatic ingredients.
• There are domestic sparkling wines that you may not know much about.
• The revolution in craft brewing brings its own beer frontier breaking across style, depths, and texture.
• The supremacy of cider is as yet unsung, with some of the finest and best-value bottle-fermented bargains.
• The salinity of your soda, spice of ginger beer, or kick of tonic sets up the speakers for the other flavors to dance around.
• Sake can sparkle and, with high umami and low acidity, lends itself to gardeninfused cocktails featuring gentle refreshment, such as cucumber water.

In this book, you’ll find out how these all bring the bubbles fizzing into a balance of tantalizing color, flavor, and texture.

To help you pick the right sip for the mood and moment, each mocktail and cocktail is given a three-bar icon rating to indicate how strong the flavors are:

One: Sublime subtlety

Two: Enticing and marvelous

Three: A detonation of deliciousness

About

Add a little sparkle to any occasion with 80 seriously simple cocktail and mocktail recipes for any occasion, united by their unique and exciting use of fizzy mixers.

Bubbles are shortcuts to joyful moments. Whether the fizz comes from Champagne, cava, cider, beer, soda, or kombucha, a sparkling drink signals celebration and instantly turns any meal or get-together into a special one. Fizz is the ultimate guide to introducing more liveliness into your cocktail repertoire and bringing the most casual fête to the next level of celebration—with minimal effort.

Organized by occasion and purpose (Bubbles after work? Crowd-worthy batches for the holiday? Bringing your drinks to a summer picnic?), the drinks in Fizz are as gorgeous as they are simple, with plenty of booze-free bubbly alongside the classics to suit all tastes. Spritzes, negronis, and sangria abound, while those looking to expand their drinks horizons will delight in choices like Spiced Rhubarb Tonic and booze-free Ginger Kombucha. Fizz has a breezy mocktail or a potent punch for everyone, making it easy to turn any day into a celebration.

Author

Olly Smith is a multi-award-winning wine writer and broadcaster, known for his regular appearances on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen and his own shows on Radio 2. Olly writes a weekly wine column for The Mail on Sunday, hosts his own podcast, A Glass With..., and has a chain of Glass House wine bars aboard P&O Cruises. View titles by Olly Smith

Excerpt

Introduction

This book is about sharing fun flavors for any occasion in simple cocktail recipes with one thing in common: fizz.

Sparkles are shortcuts to joyful moments. Whether it’s champagne, cava, cider, beer, soda, or kombucha, bubbles invariably buzz as we celebrate the occasions, people, and places that are most special to us. With simplicity, these drinks, whether cocktail or mocktail, are designed to take your mood to cruising altitude without the need for takeoff.


The Basics

Depending on which fizz you’re popping, the drink you’re creating will have a unique core characteristic. For instance:

• Classic champagne has many merits.
• Mellow fizz such as prosecco works with fruity flavors from rhubarb cordial to pomegranate molasses.
• Sour kombucha can spritz up zesty tropical flavors such as passion fruit.
• Cava is more savory and pairs well with herbal and aromatic ingredients.
• There are domestic sparkling wines that you may not know much about.
• The revolution in craft brewing brings its own beer frontier breaking across style, depths, and texture.
• The supremacy of cider is as yet unsung, with some of the finest and best-value bottle-fermented bargains.
• The salinity of your soda, spice of ginger beer, or kick of tonic sets up the speakers for the other flavors to dance around.
• Sake can sparkle and, with high umami and low acidity, lends itself to gardeninfused cocktails featuring gentle refreshment, such as cucumber water.

In this book, you’ll find out how these all bring the bubbles fizzing into a balance of tantalizing color, flavor, and texture.

To help you pick the right sip for the mood and moment, each mocktail and cocktail is given a three-bar icon rating to indicate how strong the flavors are:

One: Sublime subtlety

Two: Enticing and marvelous

Three: A detonation of deliciousness