Overview

An attractive companion to The Essential Bar Book, this gorgeously photographed compendium for professional and home bartenders offers recipes, history, and techniques to create 150 essential cocktails, both modern and classic. An indispensable atlas of the best cocktail recipes-each fully photographed-for classic and modern drinks, whether shaken, stirred, up, or on the rocks. How do you create the perfect daiquiri? In what type of glass should you serve a whiskey sour? What exactly is an aperitif cocktail? A compendium for both home and professional bartenders, The Essential Cocktail Book answers all of these questions and more-through recipes, lore and techniques for 150 drinks, both modern and classic.

Full Product Details

Author:   Megan Krigbaum
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Ten Speed Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780399579318

ISBN 10:   0399579311
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   05 September 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

CLASSICS RECIPES  stirred  Adonis 34  Bamboo 45  Bijou 51  Boulevardier 59  Brooklyn 60  De La Louisiane 81  Gibson 91  Improved Whiskey Cocktail 107  Manhattan 114  Martinez 118  Martini 121  Negroni 135  Old Pal 141  Old-Fashioned 142  Remember the Maine 164  Rob Roy 167  Sazerac 168  Ti’ Punch 186  Tuxedo 190  Vesper 193  Vieux Carré 194  shaken  Absinthe Frappé 32  Airmail 37  Aviation 42  Bee’s Knees 47  Blood and Sand 55  Bloody Mary 56  Brown Derby 63  Clover Club 70  Corpse Reviver No. 2 73  Daiquiri 74  Florodora 85  French 75 86  Garibaldi 89  Gimlet 92  Gin Daisy (Old and New) 97  Gin Fizz 98  Gin Sour 102  Hemingway Daiquiri 105  Jungle Bird 108  Last Word 111  Mai Tai 113  Margarita 117  Mexican Firing Squad 122  Millionaire Cocktail 127  New York Sour 138  Painkiller 144  Paloma 147  Pegu Club 148  Pisco Sour 157  Planter’s Punch 158  Ramos Gin Fizz 163  Sherry Cobbler 173  Sherry Flip 175  Sidecar 177  Singapore Sling 178  Sloe Gin Fizz 181  Southside 182  Tom Collins 189  Whiskey Sour 198  Zombie 200  built  Americano 38  Aperol Spritz 41  Bicicletta 48  Black Velvet 52  Caipirinha 64  Champagne Cocktail 67  Dark ’n’ Stormy 78  Death in the Afternoon 82  Gin and Tonic 95  Gin Rickey 101  Michelada 124  Mint Julep 128  Mojito 131  Moscow Mule 132  Negroni Sbagliato 136  Pimm’s Cup 152  Queen’s Park Swizzle 160  Stone Fence 185  Whiskey Smash 197  frozen  Piña Colada 154  large format  Charles Dickens’s Punch 69  Daniel Webster’s Punch 77  Philadelphia Fish House Punch 151  Scorpion Bowl 170  MODERNS RECIPES  stirred  Archangel 211  Benton’s Old-Fashioned 214  Boo Radley 223  Fitty-Fitty Martini 238  Flatiron Martini 242  Gin Blossom 249  Latin Trifecta 268  Natoma St. 281  Oaxaca Old-Fashioned 282  Old Hickory 285  Oxford Comma 286  Red Hook 303  Revolver 304  Rhythm and Soul 307  Sakura Martini 313  Tokyo Drift 320  Trident 323  White Negroni 327  shaken  Angostura Colada 208  Barber of Seville 212  Bitter Intentions 217  Bitter Mai Tai 218  Bitter Tom 221  Bramble 224  Chartreuse Swizzle 230  Cosmopolitan 233  Filibuster 237  Flannel Shirt 241  Heart-Shaped Box 255  Italian Buck 260  Joggling Board 263  Kentucky Buck 264  La Bomba Daiquiri 267  Lefty’s Fizz 270  Long Island Bar Gimlet 273  Mott and Mulberry 277  Mountain Man 278  Paper Plane 290  Penicillin 294  Pompelmo Sour 299  Poppa’s Pride 300  Rome with a View 309  Second Serve 314  Weathered Axe 324  White Russian 331  built  American Trilogy 205  Americano Perfecto 207  Campari Radler 229  Gin and Juice 246  Glasgow Mule 250  Go-To 252  Hop Over 259  Mexican Tricycle 274  Padang Swizzle 289  Royal Pimm’s Cup 310  Suppressor #1 319  White Negroni Sbagliato 328 frozen  Brancolada 226  Frozen Negroni 245  Piña Verde 297  Show Me State 317  large format  Dorothy’s Delight 234  Hibiscus Punch Royale 256  Parish Hall Punch 293

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"Megan Krigbaum is a wine and spirits writer, a contributing editor at PUNCH, and the former deputy wine editor atFood and Wine. There, she wrote a monthly wine column called ""Bottle Service,"" in addition to regular feature stories pertaining to wine, spirits, and beer. PUNCHis a James Beard Award-winning media brand dedicated to drinks and drinking culture."

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