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Title: The Bartender's Bible : 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar by Gary Regan ISBN: 0-06-109220-7 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: August, 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (22 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent reference, good buy!
Comment: Although at first I was a little disappointed with the manner in which the recipes are arranged, once I figured out how to find what I wanted I quickly realized that this is an excellent volume. Someone will always complain about a recipe that is either not included or is different than the one that they know. I feel, however, that any bartender worth his salt would have read more than one book on bartending anyway. I did also like how this book included a guide on how to set up a bar. Overall, a great buy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Resource (but don't go "Sola Scriptura")
Comment: I use this book fairly often and I respect the amount of work put into it. It is easy to use to find drinks and its format better allows the reader to encounter new ones. That is the great strength of organizing the book by main ingredient/type. If you know you like gin or scotch, you can find drinks that feature them. If you like tropical drinks, this is a surprising goldmine of ideas, as it has a good section for them. You don't have to flip through the entire alphabet to get an idea of the drinks you can make with the various bases. The one point of confusion I find is with some tropical drinks outside of that section. As any fool should know, many rum drinks are tropical, so looking in both sections would benefit you. But after all there's always the INDEX!
If you are trying to find a specific drink that you don't know how to make, why on earth wouldn't you use the alphabetically arranged index? Drinks in the index aren't listed just under their ingredients, they are also list by name. But the ingredient index is also very useful in planning the expansion of your bar. ...
The opening sections on how to do the things you need to do to set up your bar is useful. It's not complete by any means, but it's adequate for the beginner and intermediate home bartender. I find some of the recommendations for the stocking process odd. For example, Anisette, Pernod/Ricard, and Sambuca are all listed as items a small bar should have, yet these ingredients are hardly used in the enormous collection of drinks the Bible boasts. They also impart relatively the same flavor, and if that's what matters to you then you'd be better with one and then wait a long time to get the others. Irish Cream and other crucial ingredients don't make the "Small bar" list.
About drinks it doesn't have... oft-mentioned "Hurricane" is one I've seen in MANY different forms, so there is no sort of concensus on how it is made. It doesn't have many drinks that have become trendy, but it would be impractical to carry the latest drinks which rise to popularity quickly. However, I could see how a new edition could trim maybe 100 of the truly odd, obvious, or repetitive drinks to make room for some new ones. If you're trying to impress your friends by making "Flirtini"s then I suggest you scour the internet.
Overall, this book would put you well on your way to establishing a real home bar. The Bible has some cool introductions and stories for the sections and cocktails, which whet your appetite for more. It is the first book you should own if you wish to enter the wonderful world of cocktails, but by no means the only one... it all depends on where you want to go from here.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have
Comment: I almost didn't give this book a try after reading someone else's review. I gave it a try anyway, and I am glad I did. This book is indespensable for those getting started in bartending, or if you are just a wanna-be like me. Besides the fact that there are 1001 classic drink recipes, there are also many other reasons for this book. It is arranged by the main alcohol ingridient (i.e. Gin, Vodka, Whiskey), and at the start of each chapter there are descriptions of how the particular alcohol is made, and what the differences are between the subtypes (i.e. what's the difference between Irish Whiskey and Canadian Whiskey?). You also get brief histories about the most classic of drinks, like the Martini and Old Fashioned. I do not recomend this book over the Bartender's Black Book, nor vice versa. I suggest you buy both. Buy the Black Book for quick reference and buy this book for more history and depth. You won't regret it. I couldn't put it down My copy is only two months old and it is already experiencing a breaking spine and dog eared pages! :)
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Title: The Bartender's Black Book: The Drink Recipe Collection for the 21st Century, Sixth Edition by Stephen Kittredge Cunningham ISBN: 1891267361 Publisher: Wine Appreciation Guild Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide by Sharon Tyler Herbst ISBN: 0767901975 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Bartending for Dummies by Ray Foley ISBN: 0764550519 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 12 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The BarKeeper Pocket Peeker ISBN: 0967045207 Publisher: North American Barkeepers Association Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Sex on the Beach and Other Wild Drinks! by The Philip Lief Group ISBN: 0517185016 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 05 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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