A handsome and comprehensive bartending guide for professional and home bartenders that includes history, lore, and 115 recipes.
The Essential Bar Book is full of indispensable information about everything boozy that’s good to drink. This easy-to-navigate A-to-Z guide covers it all, from the tools of the trade to the history and mythology behind classic and modern drinks, and features 115 recipes for the world’s most important cocktails.Cocktail Recipes 2 Absinthe Frappé 4 Adonis 6 Airmail 8 Alabazam 9 Alaska 11 Amaretto Sour 13 Americano 19 Aviation  23 Barbados Swizzle 24 Barbary Coast  28 Bee’s Knees  29 Bellini 31 Between the Sheets 32 Bijou 36 Black Velvet 37 Blood and Sand 39 Bloody Mary  42 Bramble 44 Brandy Alexander  46 Brandy Crusta  48 Bronx  49 Brooklyn  54 Caipirinha  58 Casino  61 Champagne Cocktail  66 Clover Club  74 Corpse Reviver #2  76 Cosmopolitan  81 Cuba Libre 86 DaiquirlC)
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