The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender's Craft

About this book

An original book on the craft of mixology is a rare gem. Gary Regans The Joy of Mixology is such a gem one whose genius lies in Regans breakthrough system for categorizing drinks that helps bartendersboth professionals and amateurs alikenot only to remember drink recipes but also to invent their own. For example once you understand that the Margarita is a member of the New Orleans Sour Family youll instantly see that a Kamikaze is just a vodka-based Margarita; a Cosmopolitan follows the same formula with some cranberry juice thrown in for color. Similarly the Manhattan and the Rob Roy both members of the French-Italian family are variations on the whiskey-vermouth-bitters formula. In this way Regan brings a whole new understanding to the world of cocktails and how to make them. Not only will you learn how to make standard cocktails youll actually learn to feel your way through making a drink thereby attaining the skills needed to create concoctions of your own. And as Regan explains methods for mixing drinks how to choose bartenders wares and select spirits and liqueurs and the origins of many cocktails youll feel as though youre behind the bar with him learning from a master. Plus his charming and detailed history of mixed drinks raises this far above the standard cocktail guide fare. With more than 350 drink recipes The Joy of Mixology is the ultimate bar guide. Ground-breaking and authoritative its a must-have for anyone interested in the craft of the cocktail.