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| The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gary Regan, (none)
Publisher: HarperTorch
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 23345
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0061092207
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.874
EAN: 9780061092206
ASIN: 0061092207
Publication Date: August 1993
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Product Description
Mix Drinks Like A Pro Now you can with this indispensable handbook, the most thorough'and thoroughly accessible'bartending guide ever created for both professional and home use. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with clear, simple instructions, The Bartender's Bible includes information on: - Stocking and equipping a bar'from liquors and mixers to condiments, garnishes, and equipment
- Shot-by-shot recipes for over 1,000 cocktails and mixed drinks from bourbon to rum to whiskey
- Wine drinks
- Beer drinks
- Nonalcoholic drinks
- Special category drinks'tropical, classics, aperitifs, cordials, hot drinks, and party punches
- Anecdotes and histories of favorite potables
- And more!
If you've ever wondered whether to shake or stir a proper Martini, or what to do with those dusty bottles of flavored liqueurs,The Bartender's Bibleis the only book you need! A bartender, as a rule, is a person who enjoys the company of others, endeavors to solve problems, listens to the woes of the world, sympathizes with the mistreated, laughs with the comedians, cheers up the down at heart, and generally controls the atmosphere at his or her bar. A bartender is the manager of moods, the master of mixology.Certain scenarios are played out over and over again in bars everywhere. The questions are basically the same; only the details vary: What's in a true Singapore Sling? How long has the Martini been around? What's the difference between a Fix and a Fizz? A reference book is as necessary to a bartender as ice. -- from The Bartender's Bible
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
 Comprehensive book for beginners. April 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This edition is useful not only for its recipes, but for its information, as well. The introduction has a similar feel to the early chapters of The Joy of Cooking in that it offers instruction on the essentials for stocking a home bar as well as comprehensive lists of equipment and glassware -- complete with illustrations. The recipes are thorough in detailing method, which is much more useful than some Internet collections and other books I've seen which only list the ingredients (and sometimes measures) for a given drink. There is also a bit of fun and education to be found here. Each chapter and most of the hallmark drinks have write-ups about their history or fun anecdotes.
I felt the need to write this review after reading another for the same title in which the reviewer aired grievance about the book not including an alphabetical list of the drinks by name. That is what the index in the back of the book is for. Maybe he just never got that far. I have several books on cocktail recipes, and this one is definitely my go-to. Having only 1001 recipes, it is incomplete, but it's the most useful one on my shelf.
 Not so good March 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This didn't help me what so ever. I already knew what was in it... It doesn't contain any newer drinks.
 Wouldn't Purchase March 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It took me about 2 minutes to realize this book was an awful purchase. It gives you a brief description on how to set up a bar which was not very helpful. Other than that it gives you a lot of great recipes....Great if this was 1901. The drink recipes seem to be a bit outdated and are seldomly used in a bar setting. If you are planning on becoming a serious bartending and are truly interested in learning all types of drinks, this book my not be able to help you out.
No mojitos? January 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The response to this gift was great, until 30 seconds later, when she realized it would not tell her how to make a mojito. Honestly, she's had enough of them she should know howe to make one ;)
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT! December 14, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
With all the great classic cocktail books out there, I wonder why it is necessary for everybody to try to do a "me-to" version. Many technical errors and incorrect information. Why bother?
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