Includes 800 new recipes.
Reviews of previous edition:
Whether you take your drink shaken, stirred, on the rocks, or neat, you will still find plenty to keep you busy at the bar with this exceedingly useful resource.
-- Library JournalHave ice crusher. Will travel. Especially with this 500 page hardcover bartending bible tucked under one arm. A comprehensive compendium of all things gin fizz and champagne bubbly, it features not only recipes and glossy illustrations of just how to place an umbrella on a Singapore Sling, but also detailed guides to the right garnishes, glassware and tools needed for the perfect bartender's kit.
-- The Globe and MailSimon Difford has earned a huge and loyal international following in professional bartending circles. Discerning drinkers, amateur mixologists and professional bartenders will continue to find this 11th edition of his Cocktails to be an indispensable reference.
Practical and inspiring, this book contains 3000 recipes from the traditional to the new and inventive. Each easy-to-follow recipe has a color photograph of the assembled drink in its assigned glass, ingredient measures, directions, garnish, variations, plus fascinating information on the cocktail's origin.
This 11th edition includes 800 new recipes, plus:
An A to Z recipe directory Detailed instructions for beginners, including all the basic skills Recommendations for the best equipment A directory of glass types The 14 key alcoholic ingredients, which make a minimum of 450 cocktails The 9 essential juices and mixers The 18 essential refrigerator and cupboard staples An index of ingredients and the cocktails they are used in The top 100 great cocktail bars of the world.
- ISBN10 1770852220
- ISBN13 9781770852228
- Publish Date 1 October 2013 (first published 15 November 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 May 2022
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Firefly Books Ltd
- Edition 11th ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 504
- Language English