The Cocktail Diaries
A Spirited Adventure
Quadrille Publishing c/o Chronicle Books · Print & ebook · September 23, 2025
Sam Heughan’s acting career has led him on a unique journey around the world and his love of craft spirits, history, and travel is distilled into this personal collection of cocktail recipes.
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- Who it’s for
- Sam Heughan pairs cocktail recipes with travel tales, craft spirits, and cocktail history.
- Themes
- Cocktail recipes, Craft spirits, Travel and cocktail history
- Genres
- Bartending, Celebrity Cookbook Favorites, Spirits & Cocktails
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Sam Heughan’s acting career has led him on a unique journey around the world and his love of craft spirits, history, and travel is distilled into this personal collection of cocktail recipes.
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The Cocktail Diaries includes chapters on Sam’s Top 10 all-time favorites, "Simple and Timeless" recipes for those easy crowd-pleasers, "Complex and Conversational" for something a bit more sophisticated, and a final section, "Made by Friends", featuring imaginative recipes created by international bartenders for Sam and his brand Sassenach Spirits—a tailormade tour of the world’s best cocktails. Sam’s expertise and enthusiasm shine through, as he regales tales of tasting cocktails—from the historic Boulevardier in Paris and a Bramble in New Orleans to a Papaya Margarita in the back of a van in the Oaxaca mountains—and delights in sharing his favorite adventures (and drinks!) with the reader.
Cocktails Along the Way
Sam Heughan pairs cocktail recipes with travel tales, craft spirits, and cocktail history.
Come here for
- Cocktail recipes, from Sam’s all-time favorites to easy crowd-pleasers
- Stories of cocktails tasted in Paris, New Orleans, and Oaxaca
Expect
- Separate sections for simple and more sophisticated recipes
- A final section of recipes created by international bartenders
Where it sits
| Bartending | 96% |
|---|---|
| Celebrity Cookbook Favorites | 50% |
| Spirits & Cocktails | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Celebrity Cookbook Favorites
- Spirits & Cocktails
- Scottish History
- Authors
- Sam Heughan
- Publisher
- Quadrille Publishing c/o Chronicle Books
- Published
- September 23, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Cocktail recipes · Craft spirits · Travel and cocktail history
- Reading lane
- Celebrity Cookbook Favorites