Weaving folklore with flavor - from Amaranth to Yarrow, The Flower-Infused Cocktail: Flowers, with a Twist is the flower lover's favorite book with a fresh take on traditional mixology.

63 cocktail and mocktail recipes, each with uniquely different edible flowers.
Recipes for crafting unique drinks from your homemade edible flower pantry.
Little notes of floral history, folklore, and information about how to use edible flowers in a cocktail.
Recipes to create base spirit infusions, cordials, shrubs, simple syrups, infused salts, Bitters, and more.
Tips on building your home bar and sourcing edible flowers.
Inspiration to celebrate flowers beyond the vase.

Send Flowers a Different Way

When you want to send flowers to someone you love, why not give something that won't fade away? This gorgeous book pairs perfectly with floral-based cocktail ingredients, napkins, and more from the Shady Lady shop. Combine items to create the perfect gift for your love. Guaranteed to bring a smile.

What People Are Saying...

"These recipes are rich, layered, well-thought-out, and span the gamut of delicate and floral to earthy and bitter to vibrant and spicy."
- Genevieve Brazelton, founder of The Bitter Housewife

"Alyson´s passion for cocktails and edible flowers is evident on every page of this book — which is a must-have for any flower lover!"
- Chelsea Fuss, author of Field, Flower, Vase

"Botanicals and other treats from the garden, broken down and simplified, to make a great cocktail from the bounty of flowers right outside my front door."

- Jeffrey Morgenthaler, author of Drinking Distilled

" More than a boutonniere on a Boulevardier, The Flower-Infused Cocktail is an excellent place for the flower-curious cocktail enthusiast to up his drink-making game. For each botanical bit, Brown gives a snack-sized bit of background—enough to inform and, in most cases, help you use the beauty in question to its best effect."
- Amy Zavatto for The Alcohol Professor

About the Author

Alyson Brown is a flower enthusiast and cocktail creator. In 2017, she founded Wild Folk Flower Apothecary where she celebrates a flower-infused lifestyle, sharing recipes, ideas, and incorporating flowers into all the spaces around her.

She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, two young boys, a black cat, and a fluffy dog. When she’s not mixing flower-infused cocktails, she runs a creative services business in which she specializes in brand photography and graphic design. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, and gardening.

The Flower-Infused Cocktail is her first book, published August 2021 with Folk Publishing.

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