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Reed House Distillery Still Room Book - Family Recipes - Leather Bound Edition
Reed House Distillery · Est. 1922

The Still Room Book

Family Recipes · Kept Quietly

Three hundred recipes from the back room at Reed House. Whiskey drinks, the cocktails that came through, the infusions kept quiet, the bitters built at the bench, the syrups by weight, the techniques written out in Cora's hand.

This is not a cocktail book. This is the working manual of a working distillery, kept since nineteen-twenty-two, and opened for the first time here.

Recipes300
Sections7
Pages400+
First Edition2026
Choose an Edition What's Inside
Chapter I · The Tabs

Seven Sections. Hand-Labeled.

The book is organized the way the house used it. Reinforced paper tabs along the fore-edge. Handwritten section titles. Every page earned its tab through use.

I Whiskey 35 entries
II Cocktails 110 recipes
III Infusions 40 builds
IV Bitters 30 formulas
V Syrups 35 by weight
VI Techniques 35 notes
VII Notes the back of the book
Chapter II · The Pages

A Look Inside

Hand-lettered recipes. Annotated in the margins. Cross-outs where a line came out too strong. Tipped-in cards for the ones worth pulling out and carrying to the bar. Nothing cleaned up. Nothing removed.

Interior spread of the Still Room Book showing Old Fashioned, Manhattan, and Boulevardier recipes in hand-lettered ink with marginalia and a tipped-in Barrel Proof Rye recipe card, with leather tabs along the fore edge labeled Whiskey, Cocktails, Infusions, Bitters, Syrups, Techniques, and Notes
Spread · Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Boulevardier Two pages, three recipes, one tipped-in card, and a note that says the Campari can overpower.
And what's tucked between the pages
A recipe card for Still Room Sour in Cora's hand with marginal notes
A card · Still Room Sour · in Cora's hand
A Reed House Distillery record sheet with barrel numbers and proof details
A record sheet · barrels and proof
Stack of Reed House Distillery ledger pages from 1922
Ledger pages · April and May 1922
A handwritten note signed C.R.
A note · signed C.R.
A bundle of correspondence from Reed House
Correspondence · tied in twine
A Prohibition-era Notice of Inspection document from the US Bureau of Prohibition
A Notice of Inspection · April 1922
A note from C.R.
From the Opening Page

It was not supposed to last this long.
Some things were left out on purpose.
The truth changes depending on who is asking.
If you understand, you will know what not to repeat.

C.R.
Chapter III · The Editions

Three Ways to Own It

The paperback is the reading copy. The hardcover is the gift. The leather edition is numbered, limited, and not for general distribution.

The Still Room Book - Paperback Edition
Edition One

The Reading Copy

$24.99 paperback
  • 7 x 10 in, perfect bound
  • All 300 recipes, seven sections
  • Off-white uncoated paper
  • Aged ledger typography
  • Printed on demand
  • Ships in 7 to 10 days
Reserve a Copy Open · Spring 2026
The Still Room Book - Hardcover Edition
Edition Two

The Hardcover

$49.99 hardcover
  • 7 x 10 in, case-bound
  • All 300 recipes, seven sections
  • Debossed cloth cover, gilt type
  • Headband, tailband, ribbon marker
  • Signed by Stella Morgan Reed
  • Ships in 10 to 14 days
Reserve a Copy Open · Spring 2026 · signed
The Still Room Book - Limited Leather Edition
Edition Three · Limited

The Leather

$189 limited to 100
  • 8 x 11 in, hand-bound in full-grain leather
  • Debossed cover, no foil, small key symbol
  • Reinforced paper tabs along fore-edge
  • Uncoated 120 gsm paper, deckled edges
  • Smyth sewn, lay-flat binding
  • Hand-numbered certificate, wax-sealed
  • Ships in 4 to 6 weeks
Claim a Number Pre-Order · Fall 2026 · Numbered

All Three Editions

The paperback to read and cook from. The hardcover for the shelf and the gift. The leather edition for the collector. One number, one shipment, one set.

$239save forty-five dollars
Numbered to match the leather edition Reserve the Complete Set
Chapter IV · Questions

Frequently Asked

When does the book actually arrive?

The paperback and hardcover open for shipping in Spring twenty-twenty-six, alongside the novel. The leather edition ships in waves starting Fall twenty-twenty-six as each number is bound by hand. Reservations now hold your number.

Is the leather edition actually leather?

Yes. Full-grain leather, dark brown, debossed not foil-stamped. Hand bound by a small Kentucky bindery. The tabs along the fore-edge are reinforced paper, the way the original 1922 book would have been. Not die-cut modern. Not laser-etched. Built to be used, not preserved.

Are all three hundred recipes in all three editions?

Every edition contains all three hundred recipes. The differences are paper, binding, size, and the extras. The leather edition includes the wax-sealed certificate, a numbered bookplate, and two tipped-in ledger facsimiles that are not in the other editions.

Is this tied to the novel?

Yes. The book lives in the world of Family Secrets. Cora kept the original. Six of the recipes appear in the novel itself, including the redacted ones on the speakeasy homepage. The hardcover is signed by Stella Morgan Reed.

Can I preview any of it?

Nine recipes live on the Recipe Book page, free to read. The fifty others are in the book.

What does reserving do?

It holds your place in line. No payment yet. When the book is ready to ship, you get an email with final pricing confirmation and a checkout link. Reservations for the leather edition include the number you'll be assigned.