Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking Hardcover - 2014

From the jacket flap

Cheers! How Presidents Handle Their Liquor--or Not

Discover the secret ingredient in American presidential history.

From the whiskey distilled by George Washington to Prohibition-era cocktail parties at the White House to the little-known role of drink in nuclear weapons negotiations, alcohol has been at the center of the American presidency for more than two hundred years.

Now journalist Mark Will-Weber weighs in with a thorough and fascinating exploration of the fraught relationships American presidents have had with their liquor.

In Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt, you'll learn:

How Honest Abe inclined toward temperance--but the slurred speech of his vice president helped spark America's first impeachment crisis
Which American president (an Ivy League professor, no less) had his own namesake whiskey
The teetotalers vs. the car-totallers among U.S. presidents
The preferred presidential stemware: snifter or stein?
Why Ike made gin in a bathtub
Which president's expensive tastes in alcohol led him into bankruptcy
The 4 Cs: Cointreau, claret, Campari, and cocktails
Who in the White House abstained, imbibed, or overindulged during Prohibition
Recipes from throughout presidential history--favorites including FDR's Bermuda Rum Swizzle, the Missouri Mule (invented for Harry Truman), and Obama's White House Honey Ale

Grab your own favorite adult beverage and turn the pages for a unique peek into the White House liquor cabinets of yesteryear and today.