Campfire Cocktails

The fire's going, the sun's down, and your hands want something good to hold. This is the book for that moment.

Great drinks at camp don't need a bar cart, a shaker, or twelve kinds of bitters. They need a fire, a mug, a few smart bottles, and the patience to make something slowly while the stars come out. Campfire Cocktails gives you 75 drinks built for the realities of the outdoors: a cooler instead of a freezer, a mason jar instead of a shaker, and an open fire instead of a stove.

From hot toddies on the first cold night to bright citrus coolers by the water, smoky spirit-forward sippers for the long part of the evening, and big-batch punches that serve the whole group, every drink is built to be made outside with what you can actually pack.

• 75 recipes across 10 chapters - hot drinks, cold drinks, smoky and spirit-forward sippers, batch cocktails, citrus, dessert in a glass, coffee, nightcaps, and a full chapter with no alcohol at all
• A non-alcoholic option in every chapter - made with the same care as the rest, so the driver and the kids never feel left out
• The right glass, every time - each recipe lists servings, prep and mix time, the vessel to pour it in, and clear at-a-glance tags
• A complete fireside bar guide - what to pack, how to heat a drink without scorching it, and how to handle ice and garnish miles from a freezer
• Make-ahead syrups, rims, and infusions - build them once and use them all weekend

A campfire cocktail is forgiving in a way a kitchen cocktail never is, because the setting is doing half the work. The cold air, the woodsmoke, the long quiet evening, all of it makes an honest pour taste better than anything you'd order indoors. Pour by feel. Taste as you go. Make it slowly, outside, while the fire burns down in front of you.

Perfect for car campers who want a real drink by the fire, hosts planning drinks for a group trip, and anyone who's discovered that a drink tastes better outside.

Part of The Campfire Kitchen Series. If you love cooking and drinking well in the outdoors, this one belongs on the shelf beside the rest.

Pour something. Sit down. Watch the fire.