Full Description
For 75 years, Mr. Boston has been America's bestselling drink-mixing guide
Every bartender's favorite drink-mixing guide is better than ever in this all-new edition. This guide features new cocktail recipes from well-known mixologists, easy-to-use information on equipment, guidance on building your pantry and purchasing ingredients, helpful tips and techniques, and new photographs that showcase the beauty of the finished cocktails. * Includes 1,500 drinks ranging from classics like The Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail and The Martini Cocktail to regional favorites like the Ramos Gin Fizz and the Mint Julep to contemporary drinks like the Limoncello Sour and the Stone Wall * Features new photography and nearly 200 new recipes for today's bartenders, including cutting-edge cocktails with sake, absinthe, infused spirits, and other contemporary flavors from the top mixologists * Covers nearly every cocktail imaginable, from classic martinis to trendy cosmopolitans to holiday eggnog * Updated with a new glossary for easily accessible descriptions of hundreds of spirits from the familiar to the obscure
From bar chefs to cocktail party hosts, Mr.Boston: 75th Anniversary Edition remains the most trusted guide for your bar.
Contents
Introduction iv
Acknowledgments xi
BAR BASICS 1
COCKTAIL CLASSICS 27
BRANDY 49
GIN 71
RUM 121
TEQUILA 151
VODKA 169
WHISKIES 193
CORDIALS AND LIQUEURS 231
SHOOTERS 243
FROZEN DRINKS 253
HOT DRINKS 269
EGGNOGS AND PUNCHES 281
WINE
Glossary 322
Index 329
