The New American Bartender's Guide

The Most Comprehensive Guide to the New Mixology

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With this easy-to-use, indispensable guide, readers will learn how to mix classic as well as exotic drinks like the pros. Here are all the tricks of the trade - including how to taste, flavor, and garnish as well as when and how to shake, stir, and whirl a drink.

The New American Bartender's Guide features:

  • Tips on measuring, serving, stocking a bar, and learning the language of mixology
  • Easy-to-find recipes that are organized alphabetically by type of liquor
  • Classic as well as new recipes for gin, rum, and vodka drinks; punches, aperitifs, non-alcoholic drinks, and much more

RECIPES INCLUDE:

  • Acapulco Orange Blossom
  • The James Bond Martini
  • Apple Daiquiri
  • Prickly Pear Margarita
  • Café Azteca
  • Kilanea Lava Flow
  • Tequila Cocktail
  • Spiced Orange Blossom
  • Dubonnet Manhattan
  • Raspberries Romanoff
  • Stoli Chocolate Mintini
  • and many others

John J. Poister is the Executive Editor of a news network that supplies editorial expertise and articles on travel, food, wine and spirits, entertainment and the arts for print and broadcast media. He has written five books on food and wine. View titles by John J. Poister

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With this easy-to-use, indispensable guide, readers will learn how to mix classic as well as exotic drinks like the pros. Here are all the tricks of the trade - including how to taste, flavor, and garnish as well as when and how to shake, stir, and whirl a drink.

The New American Bartender's Guide features:

  • Tips on measuring, serving, stocking a bar, and learning the language of mixology
  • Easy-to-find recipes that are organized alphabetically by type of liquor
  • Classic as well as new recipes for gin, rum, and vodka drinks; punches, aperitifs, non-alcoholic drinks, and much more

RECIPES INCLUDE:

  • Acapulco Orange Blossom
  • The James Bond Martini
  • Apple Daiquiri
  • Prickly Pear Margarita
  • Café Azteca
  • Kilanea Lava Flow
  • Tequila Cocktail
  • Spiced Orange Blossom
  • Dubonnet Manhattan
  • Raspberries Romanoff
  • Stoli Chocolate Mintini
  • and many others

Author

John J. Poister is the Executive Editor of a news network that supplies editorial expertise and articles on travel, food, wine and spirits, entertainment and the arts for print and broadcast media. He has written five books on food and wine. View titles by John J. Poister

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