Spirited Seasons
Ben Craft
photography & design
Deluxe Soft Cover Edition
$29.95
Spirited Seasons takes you on a cocktail journey throughout the year, with inventive creations crafted by a Chicago-based chemist. Explore easy-to-follow recipes, insights into modern mixology, and stunning cocktail art. Fill your senses with fresh seasonal ingredients and unique pairings. Pick a season, find a recipe, and thrill your guests!
“Set yourself apart as an exceptional host with Ben’s innovative and refined cocktails. His scientific methodology resulted in distinctively delicious cocktails and won him Takito Brands’ “Star of the Bar” title. I’m thrilled he has shared his curated collection of recipes in Spirited Seasons. Keeping this divinely rich book on your coffee table will likely inspire guests to choose a preferred cocktail for next season’s visit!”
Mario Ponce
restauranteur & best selling author
“As visual as it is instructive, Spirited Seasons is a mixology guide for the senses. Robert Morrison’s sumptuous photographs capture the changing palette and textures of author Ben Craft’s seasonally inspired libations, elevating the craft of cocktail making to a new art form."
Susan Snodgrass
art Critic & editor
About Ben
A chemical engineer by day and home mixologist by night, Ben likes to craft new cocktails from all-natural ingredients and add modern tweaks to old classics. While growing up in Cleveland, Ben would tend bar for his family during the holidays. After moving to Chicago in the 90’s he spent most of his time appreciating fine wine and the many craft beers on tap around the city.
However, five years ago while celebrating at a rooftop bar in downtown Chicago, he ordered a Four Roses Small Batch Old Fashioned and was handed a rare perfect cocktail. His quest to recreate that libation has led to a new passion for the mixed drink, and he has been crafting cocktails for friends and family ever since.