Slippery Tipples: A Guide to Weird and Wonderful Spirits and Liqueurs

From European favourites such as Mastichato Chios, which saved 2,000 Greeks from a bloody massacre at the hands of vengeful Turks, to legendary drinks such as Amarula, invented by African elephants; from classic cocktail ingredients like Midori, the bright green Japanese melon drink launched at the wrap party for Saturday Night Fever at Studio 54, to student stalwart Jagermeister, dreamt up by a confidant of Hermann Göring and hugely popular among senior Nazis, Slippery Tipples tells the st...