Flushed: The book of low-reaction cocktail recipes
Seventy drinks for people who go red when they drink. Forty cocktails poured light, each with an alcohol-free version, and thirty drinks that never had alcohol in them.
$24.99PDF, 233 pages
A download link after checkout. Reads on any phone or tablet.
Free with three bottles of Sunset Forte.
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One drink, three pages
Every cocktail gets a plate, a recipe and a version with no alcohol.
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Page 48 The plate The drink as it should look, with its mark, its grams of alcohol and its histamine and sulfite readings.
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Page 49 The recipe A light pour, ¾ oz / 25 ml of tequila, in the same full glass. Measures in oz and ml.
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Page 50 Make it zero The same drink with no alcohol, on a black page. Fresh grapefruit, soda and a slice of jalapeño.
The rest of the book
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Page 4 Before the first round Who the book is for, in four short paragraphs.
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Page 8 How to read the marks Three marks, set by alcohol, histamine and sulfites.
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Page 12 The pantry Every house syrup, made ahead and kept in the fridge.
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Page 142 Zero Thirty drinks built without a spirit.
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Page 145 Bright and sparkling One of eleven section openers, each listing its drinks with mark and page.
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Page 213 What to order At a bar, a wedding, a Korean, Japanese, Chinese or Thai restaurant, the office party.
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Page 214 The lock screen What to order, sized to sit under your phone's clock.
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Page 223 Every drink, A to Z Then indexes by spirit, by mark and by flavor.
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Page 233 The back cover All seventy plates, each linked to its page.
Drink photographs in the book are AI-generated illustrations.
What’s in it
70 drinks.110 recipes.233 pages.
Forty cocktails, each with its zero version, and thirty alcohol-free drinks. We made and tasted every recipe before the book went out.
Before you pour
- Why your face goes red page 5
- How to read the marks page 8
- How to use this book page 10
- The pantrySyrups, cordials and tea bases page 12
Cocktails
- Highballs and tonics10 drinks page 16
- Long and light5 drinks page 47
- Spritzes, aperitivo and stirred5 drinks page 63
- Sours and fizzes12 drinks page 79
- Tropical and party5 drinks page 116
- Warm3 drinks page 132
Zero
- Bright and sparkling9 drinks page 145
- Tea and coffee6 drinks page 164
- Bitter and grown-up6 drinks page 177
- Party and pitchers6 drinks page 190
- Hot and spiced3 drinks page 205
After the last round
- What to orderBy venue page 213
- The lock screen page 214
- If you flush anyway page 215
- Drinking less page 216
- Hosting and batchesBatches for six page 217
- IndexesA to Z, spirit, mark, flavor page 223
How the marks work
Alcohol sets the mark. A Higher reading for histamine or sulfites pushes it up one step.
- Lower27 of the 40 cocktails, at the pour printed.
- ModerateThe other 13.
- HigherNo recipe in the book. You'll meet it at the bar.
- No alcoholAll 30 zero drinks and every cocktail's zero version.
| Per serving | Lower | Moderate | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | below 8 g | 8 to 16 g | above 16 g |
| Histamine | below 0.3 mg | 0.3 to 1.5 mg | above 1.5 mg |
| Sulfites | below 5 mg | 5 to 20 mg | above 20 mg |
These lines are for comparing drinks. They aren't health limits.
Change the pour, change the mark
- Paloma as printed, ¾ oz / 25 ml tequila: 7.9 g, Lower 7.9 g
- With a US bar pour, 1½ oz / 45 ml tequila: 14.2 g, Moderate 14.2 g
- Made zero: grapefruit juice and soda, no tequila: 0 g, No alcohol 0 g
Same glass, same grapefruit. The pour decides the mark.
For people who go red
One drink and it's your cheeks, then your neck, sometimes a racing heart before the glass is half done. You still want a good night out.
Flushed prints the grams of alcohol in every glass and flags histamine and sulfites, so you can choose with your eyes open. Then it hands you plenty with no alcohol at all.
No drink can promise you won't flush. Drinking less remains the only proven way to reduce the long-term risks, which is why 70 of the 110 recipes in this book have none.
Free with three bottles of Sunset Forte
Sunset Forte is a supplement you take before you drink. Order three bottles in one order and Flushed comes with them.
See Sunset ForteSunset Forte is a supplement, not a cure.
The details
- Format
- PDF, portrait, sized for a phone screen. Opens on any phone, tablet or computer with a PDF reader.
- Length
- 233 pages, about 17 MB.
- Delivery
- A download link after checkout.
- Links
- Every page number in the contents, indexes and cross-references is a link.
- Measures
- oz first, then ml.
- Photographs
- AI-generated illustrations, matched to each recipe's glass, ice, color and garnish.
- Recipes
- Checked against published specs, poured lighter, and made and tasted before publication.
- Type
- Newsreader by Production Type and Archivo by Omnibus-Type.
- Edition
- First edition, October 2026. Published by Sunset.
Questions
What do I get?
A 233-page PDF: 40 cocktails, each with its zero version, 30 alcohol-free drinks, the house syrups, what to order by venue, a lock-screen cheat sheet, batches for six and four indexes.
Will it work on my phone?
Yes. Any phone, tablet or computer that opens a PDF will do. The pages are portrait and sized for a phone, so one page fills the screen without zooming.
How do I get it free with Sunset Forte?
Order three bottles of Sunset Forte in one order. The book comes with that order at no extra cost.
Will these drinks stop me flushing?
No drink can promise that. The marks show which drinks give your body less to deal with: fewer grams of alcohol, less histamine, fewer sulfites. The zero drinks have no alcohol at all.
Are the photographs real?
They're AI-generated illustrations, made to match each recipe's glass, ice, color and garnish. The recipes are real. We made and tasted every one.
Can I get a refund?
No. The book is a file you keep the moment it downloads, so it can’t be returned, and sales are final. If the download doesn’t work, email info@getsunset.com with your order number and we’ll fix it within 24 hours.