Cocked and Boozy

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An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution

Brooke Barbier

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Chicago Review Press
09 June 2026

History of the Americas; Military history; Alcoholic beverages; Beers; Local history

America's founding generation drank a staggering amount of alcohol by today's standards.

It influenced their politics, built and sustained their relationships, and drove the economy. Booze was not a small part of colonial society, nor covertly consumed in private spaces-it was integral to American life.

Historians have been reluctant to discuss the influence of alcohol on the founding of the United States, but it is necessary if we want to gain a full picture of the movement-it's time to reveal the drunken side of the American Revolution.

In Cocked and Boozy-two of Benjamin Franklin's two hundred terms for drunkenness-public historian Brooke Barbier examines the role that alcohol played in spurring, binding, and winning the American Revolution and how it shaped the nascent United States. Every chapter concludes with an eighteenth-century cocktail recipe made for modern tastes, so readers can participate in their own historic tippling.

The intoxicating story begins in 1763 after the end of the French and Indian War and spans until 1800, with the presidential election of Thomas Jefferson. During these nearly four decades, Americans witnessed unprecedented disorder and prodigious growth, and through it all-powering it, in fact-was alcohol. Put simply, drink helped transform British subjects into Americans.

By: Brooke Barbier
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781641606998
ISBN 10: 1641606991
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brooke Barbier is a public historian who received her PhD in American history from Boston College. In 2013, she founded Ye Olde Tavern Tours, a popular outing that takes guests into historic sites and taverns to learn about Boston's revolutionary and drunken history. She is the author of Boston in the American Revolution: A Town Versus an Empire and the award-winning King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father. She is nationally recognized as an expert on the American Revolution, speaking throughout the country and contributing historic insight to diverse media outlets.

Reviews for Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution

""An enlightening examination of the part alcohol played in America's founding. . . . This one goes down easy."" --Publishers Weekly ""Brooke Barbier offers a rigorous, rollicking, and revelatory perspective on the American Revolution--through the bottom of a glass. Cheers!"" --Tom Standage, author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses ""Resourceful and insightful, Brooke Barbier deftly illuminates the role of drinking in the culture of our founding. By turns playful and sobering, Cocked and Boozy reveals the importance of tavern sociability in creating a revolution and its republic."" --Alan Taylor, author of American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 ""Brooke Barbier's thoroughly researched Cocked and Boozy is likely to stand as the definitive take on alcohol's role in the American Revolution and the very early republic. It's almost subversive in its entwining of the era's major players and their tipples. So go ahead and smuggle this book to the favorite bibulous bibliophile in your life."" --Tom Acitelli, author of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution