Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour

Great book. Would highly recommend. However, the binder on the book is upside down 😳

I gave this book to my husband for his birthday and he loves it. Good drink recipes, reflections and humor.

Perfect for my very catholic dad who likes to relive his bartending days! Beautiful pictures and includes some interesting history.

This book is incredibly well written—packed with historical information about many Saints and drink recipes. If you order, just go ahead and buy 5 for your family and friends.

Great book with a little history and fun cocktails.

Great gift for a religious guy but who also likes to drink!!!

I absolutely love this book! It all starts with the beautiful binding and print quality. The paper is heavy, and the whole book is very aesthetically pleasing. Beyond its physical quality, it is also a fascinating and fun way to approach your home bar. The descriptions of each saint/feast day are informative, but also readable and funny! I have found myself just reading it for fun because it's so interesting. Michael Foley clearly did his research, but every description also reflects the humorous mindset with which this book was created. I love learning some of the saints' stories, and also the clever ways he connects them with the recommended beverages. I bought it as a gift for my mom, and we have both enjoyed the cocktails as well as the book itself. A total winner!In case anyone is wondering, there isn't a drink for EVERY day of the liturgical year, but most or many.

I like the book. I really do. However, I am completely disappointed the organization of the entire book.This book follows an outdated calendar of feast days. If you want to find the correct feast day, you have to turn to an appendix. The author justifies this by listing two reasons. First, he says "several of the drinks" in the book developed when the outdated calendar was in place. However, it appears that MOST of the drink recipes are pretty new, so that doesn't make sense. Secondly, he says he does that because the outdated calendar had more feast days. That's great, but he could have simply added them into the book and made a note in the entry stating that that particular feast was no longer on the calendar. Even my husband, a rad-trad born and bred, remarked that the author's explanation for why he organized the entire book the way he did comes off as "snobbish" and does not make sense when the greater Church doesn't follow that anymore.If you are a practicing Catholic, and not a priest of the FSSP or other such organization, you're following the ordinary Roman calendar. The Roman calendar has been in continual change since the earliest days of Catholicism, and as Catholics, we should follow the Magisterium in its decisions to change such things. We should not stick our heads in the sand!The author should have had the normal feast day fall on the appropriate day, and in parentheses, listed alternate dates for members of the FSSP, SSPX, etc. If was so bent on pretending this is still 1962, not the 21st century, he could have at the very least placed a note for the feast on the appropriate date with a little note below it saying, see page xx. For example, if you are looking for ideas for the Visitation, you'll likely flip to the May section (because that's when it is celebrated!), see nothing listed, and think, hmm, he didn't have any ideas for the Visitation - that's too bad. You have to either already know that during one arbitrary time period in the Church's history it happened to be celebrated in July, or you have to double-check the back of the book's appendix. That's ridiculous. At the very least, he could have had, "May 31: the Visitation, see July 2, page 153."On a smaller note, some of the author's jokes don't come across in written word very well, and may appear a bit flippant. There are also several pop culture references (Aerosmith, The Godfather, etc) that seem a bit out of place in this book. These are minor things, but I only list them as some people may be turned off by them.

Great supply of recipes and information. Everyone is looking up their date and trying their drink as well as being informed about all the great Saint accounts!!💕

My Catholic wife wanted to get this, and I'm glad she did. Although I'm not religious I can appreciate the interesting history in the hagiographic portions, and the history of the drinks themselves are also fascinating. A great fun book, very educational and the drinks are good!

This has to be coolest book ever written. A pinch of history, a large dash of faith, in a glass awash with spiritual toastings.

Great book. Interesting way to learn about the saints.

Lots of great stories and lots of great drinks. A little silly sometimes. Much better for a lighthearted mood then a devotional one. Gets you celebrating the faith which is...refreshing.