18o6 Cocktails, World History As Seen Through The Bottom Of Glass (2012) Rare VG

Eighteen O Six

1806 has lived and breathed mixed drinks since it opened in 2007. Based in the heart of the city's theatre district, the iconic Melbourne Cocktail Bar is housed in an historic building on Exhibition Street.

Opulent furnishings match the old fashioned service. simply sit down, sit back and be served.

Named after the year that the word "Cocktail" was first defined in print, 1806 has designed its menu concept around the complex and engaging history of mixed drinks.

The menu (and now this book) follows a time-line over the past 200 years, capturing the essence of each decade and what people were drinking at the time.

Dating back to 1756 when concoctions in a punch bowl were the norm, 18o6's first cocktail menu set a new standard in the world of classic cocktail bars and received international recognition, winning the award for "World's Best Cocktail Menu" in 2008 at Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans.

With this 1806 Cocktails book, the bar has been raised yet again, by researching not only the drinks themselves but also how they have been directly implicated with major global events.