Kindred Spirits: Cocktails for Two

By Stephanie Wahler

A delightful drinks book for couples, Kindred Spirits serves up 40 cocktail recipes to enjoy with your sweetie, 40+ photos, and creative date ideas that will add some spirited fun to your love life.

From the mixologist behind the popular @bevsbybeverly Instagram and TikTok accounts, these tempting cocktail recipes take date night to the next level. Organized by type of date—from the classic dinner date to daytime dates, movie nights, double dates, special occasions, and more—these indulgent cocktails for two include:

• Up All Night Espresso Martinis to fuel a passionate game night and/or a night of passion.
• StrawBAE & Balsamics to toast each other while on a romantic picnic in the park. 
• Hottie Toddies for a cozy movie night at home with your hottie.

Lush photography sets the mood while sidebars offer memorable date activities--like Arts & Craft & Sip Night and Couchella--a bucket list for couples, a roundup of best rom-coms, a sexy playlist, and more. Alongside cocktail paraphernalia or a bottle of liquor, Kindred Spirits is a lovely newlywed, engagement, anniversary, or housewarming gift for couples who enjoy mixing up tasty cocktails at home. Cheers to love, libations, and happily ever after!

MAKES DATE NIGHT FUN AND EASY TO PLAN: Mixing and sipping on a delicious bev with your boo is an enjoyable way to spend time together. Kindred Spirits offers 40 delicious drink recipes plus tons of great ideas for romantic activities that will bring couples closer together, such as a dance party, a home-cooked meal, and low-key ways to celebrate Valentine's Day. 

IDEAL ENGAGEMENT OR WEDDING GIFT: Rather than gifting an engaged couple a handbook on wedding planning, give them the gift that keeps on giving. Packed with tasty cocktail recipes and fun things to do together, this will be one of the best engagement, shower, or wedding gifts they'll receive.

FOR COUPLES AT ANY STAGE: Alongside a shaker, playful ice cube molds, or pretty glassware, Kindred Spirits makes a thoughtful gift for couples at any stage of their relationship. The recipes are flexible enough to inspire delectable drinks for de-stressing while wedding planning, celebrating a milestone anniversary, cheers-ing to a new home, or toasting a newly empty nest. 

ROMANTIC GIFT FOR HIM OR HER: Give this to your mixology-loving partner as a thoughtful anniversary or Valentine's Day present, or as a stocking stuffer. Kindred Spirits is full of ways to keep having fun with your person.

Perfect for:

• Couples who are interested in mixology and like making drinks at home
• Newlyweds and engaged couples
• Cocktail-loving couples who are moving in together or have bought their first house 
• Shoppers looking for an anniversary, engagement, housewarming, or Valentine's Day gift
• Fans of @bevsbybeverly and popular cocktail accounts with beautiful visuals and easy recipes

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Digital
• Release date: Apr 16, 2024
• ISBN: 9781797225449

Stephanie Wahler

Stephanie Wahler draws on her background in bartending and hospitality to share accessible, aesthetically pleasing cocktail recipes with her audience of over half a million followers on Instagram and TikTok. She lives in Miami with her partner and son. Check out more of her work at @bevsbybeverly.

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Cover: Kindred Spirits, Cocktails for Two by Stephanie Wahler

Text copyright © 2024 by Stephanie Wahler.

Photographs copyright © 2024 by Bobbi Lin.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

ISBN 978-1-7972-2543-2 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-7972-2544-9 (ebook)

Design by Rachel Harrell.

Typesetting by Henna Crowner.

Food and prop styling by Lawrie Wenner.

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To Michael, the spirited soul who fills my cup with laughter and love, cheers to endless adventures and delicious cocktails.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

A Classic Dinner Date

Dirty Bird Martini

A Playlist to Get You in the Mood

Hug Me Spritz

An Old-Fashioned Kind of Love

10 Questions

From Manhattan with Love

Hemingway to My Heart

CHAPTER 2

Game Night

In the Heat of Passion Fruit

Guava Coco Loco

Games for Game Night

Toucan Play That Game

Garden of Eden’s Elixir

Amore-tto Spice

Up All Night Espresso Martini

CHAPTER 3

Cozy Night In: Netflix & Chill

Hottie Toddy

Rom-Com Night

A Couple of Old Pals

The Perfect Match PB-Choc Martini

Hot-and-Buttered Rum

Cinn-ful Love Potion

CHAPTER 4

Summer Lovin’

If You Like Piña Coladas

StrawBAE & Balsamic

Let’s Get Fizzical

Polaroid Shoot

You’re the Key Lime to My Pie

Sunsets with You

Peachy Keen Sweetheart Tea

Couchella

Picnic in the Park

CHAPTER 5

The Morning After & Daytime Dates

Love You a Latte

Herbaceous Bodacious

Love at First Spritz

Couples’ Bucket List

Swept Off Your Fizz

It Takes Two to Mango

Loving You Is Breezy

CHAPTER 6

Holidays & Special Occasions

Pucker Up Raspberry Sour

Low-Key Valentine’s Day Dates

Thanksgiving Gratitude Jar

Cuddle Bunny-rita

Orange You Glad We Met Marg

Blueberry Spritzy Ever After

Pear-fect Harmony

Reflections for the New Year

You’re Hot Chocolate

French Kiss 75

CHAPTER 7

Double Dates

Roses Are Red

Plums of Affection

Te Amo Sangria

DIY Cooking Night

Mezcal and Aperolala

My Bramblin’ Heart

Arts & Crafts & Sip Night

HOMEMADE SYRUPS & MORE

INDEX

Introduction

RAISE A GLASS TO LOVE AND ROMANCE!

If you ask me, date night isn’t complete without a delicious cocktail. What is a candlelit dinner without a dirty martini? Game night without a bourbon smash? A cozy winter evening together without a hot toddy? Cocktails make any occasion more fun and celebratory. They’re about marking special events—anniversaries, holidays—and enjoying everyday life.

Of course, I say all this as a former bartender, so perhaps I’m a little biased. I worked in Miami bars and restaurants for over a decade, until 2020, when my first pregnancy coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I was forced to make a hard pivot in my career. While cooped up at home and