The Complete Bartender's Guide is a handbook for anybody who wants to become a barman, either professionally or just to show off to family and friends. The centerpiece of the book is the cocktails section, which provides recipes and mixing instructions for around 600 of the most popular mixed drinks. And there are special features on 10 classic cocktails, detailing their history and the bartender responsible for their invention.
In addition, the author explains the basics of stocking a bar at home. He advises in the correct conditions and temperatures in which to store the various ingredients which make up some of these drinks. As well as brief history of the base spirits and an explanation on the distilling processes to create them, there is also advice on the best brands to buy for all the world's principal alcoholic drinks. And, to round off The Complete Bartender's Guide, there is invaluable advice for anyone who is suffering after enjoying a cocktail or two too many.
The Complete Bartender's Guide
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Table of Contents
Equipment; Bar craft; A-Z of Cocktails; Classic Cocktails; Introduction to Spirits & Liqueurs; Tonics and juices; Hangover Cures; Index of Cocktails; Glossary of terms.
Author Description
Dave Broom is a much traveled freelance drinks writer, who has worked in England, Scotland, United States and Australia in various stages of the spirits, wine and beer industries, at a whisky bottling plant in Scotland, serving at a wine bar in America, and in the cellars in Australia. As an author, he has written more than a dozen books, and twice received the Glenfiddich Award for Whisky Writing. He regularly contributes to Wine and Spirit International, Whisky Magazine, and Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazines in the UK and travels the world spreading the word about his two favorite spirits, rum and whiskey.