The Essential Cocktail Book: A Complete Guide to Modern Drinks with 150 Recipes [Hardcover]

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.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 (Olló(