Now you can with this indispensable handbook, the most thorough'and thoroughly accessible'bartending guide ever created for both professional and home use. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with clear, simple instructions, The Bartender's Bible includes information on:
Stocking and equipping a bar'from liquors and mixers to condiments, garnishes, and equipment
Shot-by-shot recipes for over 1,000 cocktails and mixed drinks from bourbon to rum to whiskey
Wine drinks
Beer drinks
Nonalcoholic drinks
Special category drinks'tropical, classics, aperitifs, cordials, hot drinks, and party punches
Anecdotes and histories of favorite potables
And more!
If you've ever wondered whether to shake or stir a proper Martini, or what to do with those dusty bottles of flavored liqueurs,The Bartender's Bibleis the only book you need!
A bartender, as a rule, is a person who enjoys the company of others, endeavors to solve problems, listens to the woes of the world, sympathizes with the mistreated, laughs with the comedians, cheers up the down at heart, and generally controls the atmosphere at his or her bar. A bartender is the manager of moods, the master of mixology.
Certain scenarios are played out over and over again in bars everywhere. The questions are basically the same; only the details vary: What's in a true Singapore Sling? How long has the Martini been around? What's the difference between a Fix and a Fizz? A reference book is as necessary to a bartender as ice.
-- from The Bartender's Bible
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Product Details
Author:
Gary Regan
Mass Market Paperback:
400 pages
Publisher:
HarperTorch
Publication Date:
1993-08
Language:
English
ISBN:
0061092207
Product Length:
6.75 inches
Product Width:
4.17 inches
Product Height:
1.09 inches
Product Weight:
0.42 pounds
Package Length:
6.7 inches
Package Width:
3.9 inches
Package Height:
1.3 inches
Package Weight:
0.45 pounds
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39 of 39 found the following review helpful:
Beware of what's popular! Jun 16, 2000
By j t beckham The only thing this bartender's guide has going for it is its hard, oversized cover. Otherwise its only conceivable use is to feed a waning fire. I have been a bartender for over seven years, and I have read a dozen or so reference books. The Bartenders Bible is my least favorite of all. Its organizational system is ponderous and ultimately useless to a bartender in a pinch. It is polluted with obscurely named concoctions that make an experienced bartender wonder if the editors didn't just make them up to fill space. On top of that it is sloppy. If anyone can tell the difference between the "cosmos" pg96 and a daiquiri pg97, be my guest.
I don't know what Mr. Regan was thinking with this book? I have also read his "New Classic Cocktails" and found it to be a much better read. Whatever the cause, beware of this book. Just because it called a "Bible" doesn't mean it's a Good Book.
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
best bartending guide available Apr 06, 2001
By Justus Pendleton Pretty much I agree with Brian Tomkiel's review. Complaints about looking things up confuse me, since there is an alphabetical index. There are drinks missing. But every single bartending guide I've looked at is missing one drink or another. In practice, I've never had problems with this book. Besides, most people who are asking for "popular" drinks like the Cosmopolitan and Hurricane know how they're made...it doesn't kill you to ask someone rather than looking in the book.
In the end, sure, maybe it's not perfect for bar use. Then again, I don't see the negative reviews suggesting what IS perfect for professional bar use. For home bar use, however, this book is the best of the many I have and have used.
35 of 40 found the following review helpful:
Great Drink Index!!! Jan 31, 1999 I think this book is great! I am very happy I purchased this book, because I found some recipies for some drinks I had long forgotten how to make. I love the index in the back of the book, I can find drinks my major ingredient or by the name of the drink. It's very helpful when I'm tending my home bar during parties. I've also picked up a few new "favorite" drinks by experimenting from this book. Pick up a copy today!
18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
A good book for home use Aug 09, 2001
By Michael P. Cohan
"Person with Piles of Books"
I must say I disagree with the point made in Mona L Moloney's review. She says the book is unusable because it is organized by ingredient, rather than by drink. What she is missing is that this book is to be used at HOME, not at a bar. The point to the way the book is organized is is that many home bars will have only a subset of all the kinds of alcoholic ingredients available, so the home user probably will want to look things up by ingredient to see what they are capable of making with what's on hand. Besides, there is an index anyway, so what's the problem? Just bear in mind that this book is designed for home use and for that it is quite useful. It could use a few more drinks, though. I must admit it is missing some obvious ones.
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Frustratingly unusable Nov 15, 2000
By Mona L Moloney As a manager of a liquor store, I am always asked how to make various drinks. Bartenders Bible is the only guide supplied by our buyer, which is unfortunate. It is cumbersome to use as it is organized, even in the index, by type of alcohol used in the drink. Most people are asking what type of alcohol (vodka, rum, etc.) goes into such and such drink, so how can they efficiently look it up by this method? Also, the book seldom has the drinks people are looking for, but is loaded with obscure mixtures that no one has heard of or cares about. This is a very user-unfriendly book.
based on 44 reviews
Beware of what's popular! Jun 16, 2000
By j t beckham
best bartending guide available Apr 06, 2001
By Justus Pendleton
Great Drink Index!!! Jan 31, 1999
