Tried-and-True Recipes for the Home Bartender
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Perfect your home-bartending game and learn to mix 75 classic cocktails with ease and confidence. You don’t need an overpriced and overstuffed home bar to make timeless and delicious cocktails. Classic Cocktails Done Well equips you with the tools and techniques you need to build a streamlined bar and mix well-balanced drinks—all from the comfort of your own home! Cocktail aficionado Faith Hingey provides you with recipes for 75 historic, iconic, and easy-to-make cocktails, complete with photos and handy advice that ensure you’ll make them perfectly. With this essential cocktail recipe book, you’ll be shaking and stirring up the classics from negronis and Manhattans to mint juleps and French 75s—and impressing your guests—in no time. Simple ingredients, 75 classic cocktails. Master the martini, fine-tune your old fashioned, and perfect your paloma with just a few carefully curated core spirits, liqueurs, and everyday ingredients. Master core bartending techniques. Learn to shake, muddle, and prepare garnishes like a pro with tried-and-true bartending tips and tricks. Curate your home bar. Set yourself up for cocktail success with helpful advice on selecting the proper glassware, which bottles to stock, and the perfect drink to serve for any occasion. Beautiful color photos for every recipe. So you’ll know exactly what your drink should look like.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Great cover on this one!
This was actually a surprisingly in depth book about cocktails. It's broken down into several chapters (The Classics at home, Gin, Whiskey, Brandy, Rum, Other Spirits & Liqueurs) Along with a ton of other information about classic cocktails, setting up a home bar, bartending tools, etc. The recipes themselves are well laid out and easy to follow. Plus there are “hints” and “modern twists” sprinkle generously throughout.
The only minor issue I had was that it isn't the most visually pleasing of books. Yes, there is a photo for every recipe, however, they are not very eye catching or interesting. Just a single photo of the drink on a plain white background. I think it would have been more visually pleasing if the photo had at least been the entire page.