Beachbum Berry Remixed
Jeff Berry’s 2009 expansion and revision of Grog Log and Intoxica! 700+ exotic-cocktail recipes in a single volume, organized by canonical builder. The working bartender’s reference.
The working bartender’s reference.
Beachbum Berry Remixed is Berry’s 2009 expansion-and-revision project: combining the recipes from Grog Log (1998) and Intoxica! (2002), refining them with additional research, and adding hundreds more from his ongoing archaeological work. The result is roughly 700 exotic-cocktail recipes in a single volume—by far the largest reconstructed catalog in print.
What’s in it
The book is organized by canonical builder—Donn Beach, Trader Vic, Harry Yee, Joe Scialom, and dozens of lesser-known mid-century bartenders—with each section opening with a short biographical note and then proceeding through the bartender’s recipes. The format is working-bartender-friendly: spiral-bound, modest illustration, clean typesetting.
Beyond the headline canonical figures, Remixed documents the wider mid-century exotic-cocktail world: the Bahamian beach-bar tradition, the Cuban Prohibition-era bars, the post-war American Polynesian-themed restaurant chains, and the obscure resort and hotel cocktails that filled out the genre’s vocabulary.
Why it matters
Sippin’ Safari is the deeper reconstruction with the documentary apparatus; Remixed is the broader reference for working bartenders who need a single book with the most recipes in it. Most serious modern exotic-cocktail bars have both: Sippin’ Safari for the canonical Donn Beach work, Remixed for everything else.
For the home bartender, Remixed is the better single-purchase book if you can only afford one. Its 700+ recipes give you years of exploration; Sippin’ Safari is the upgrade once you’re deep in the Donn Beach catalog specifically.
To go deeper
- Related People Jeff Berry.
- Related books Sippin’ Safari (the deeper Donn Beach treatment), Grog Log (the predecessor).