Cocktails, Southern Style

Let your Southern hospitality shine with a welcoming collection of cocktails, drinks, and nonalcoholic sips designed to delight guests at any gathering. In Cocktails, Southern Style: Pours, Drinks, Sips, and Bites, Belinda Smith-Sullivan serves up a flavorful mix of classic Southern favorites and fresh, newly inspired recipes, all with the gracious spirit of Southern entertaining.

Featuring approximately 90 recipes, this book goes beyond the glass with a bonus chapter of savory nibbles—because no true Southern host would ever offer a drink without something delicious alongside it. You’ll also find practical guidance on cocktail structure, techniques, and essential equipment, plus step-by-step instructions for making infused vodkas and simple syrups to elevate your home bar.

• Around 90 cocktail and beverage recipes
• Classic Southern cocktails and modern mixed drinks
• Mocktails and nonalcoholic options for every guest
• Occasion-based chapters, including brunch, porch sipping, celebrations, happy hour, martinis, spritzes, smashes, beer- and wine-based drinks
• Bonus bites chapter with party-perfect snacks
• Guidance on techniques, tools, infused vodkas, and simple syrups

Serve alongside crowd-pleasing bites like Mini Hot Browns, Pimento Cheese and Tomato Sliders, Sausage Roll Poppers, and Crab Hush Puppies, and you’ll have everything you need to host with warmth, flavor, and unmistakable Southern style.