The 12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve BottlesSavvy cocktail tips, recipes and anecdotes that will “give your local molecular mixologist a run for his money”—all with just 12 bottles (Publishers Weekly). It’s a system, a tool kit, a recipe book. Beginning with one irresistible idea—a complete home bar of just 12 key bottles—here’s how to make more than 200 classic and unique mixed drinks, including sours, slings, toddies, and highballs, plus the perfect Martini, the perfect Manhattan, and the perfect Mint Julep. It’s a surprising guide—tequila didn’t make the cut, and neither did bourbon, but genever did. And it’s a literate guide—describing with great liveliness everything from the importance of vermouth and bitters (the “salt and pepper” of mixology) to the story of a punch bowl so big it was stirred by a boy in a rowboat. |
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The 12 Bottle Bar: A Dozen Bottles. Hundreds of Cocktails
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Contents
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The 1 Bottle Bar | 29 |
The 3 Bottle Bar | 41 |
The 4 Bottle Bar | 49 |
The 12 Bottles | 54 |
Brandy | 57 |
Dry Gin | 89 |
Dry Sweet Vermouth | 291 |
Aromatic Orange Bitters | 301 |
Putting it all Together | 313 |
On Being a Good Host | 315 |
Beer Wine Cider Drinks | 325 |
Virgin Drinks | 347 |
Garnishes Syrups Liqueurs | 357 |
Resources | 393 |
Genever | 135 |
Amber Rum | 163 |
White Rum | 207 |
Rye Whiskey | 231 |
Vodka | 257 |
Orange Liqueur | 281 |
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DIY Cocktail Bars | 397 |
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Conversion Tables | 405 |
About the Authors Acknowledgments | 407 |
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