The seventh edition of this most popular new drinks guide for the new generation imbiber or the traditional Martini lover. Over 2,500 recipes provided, with 500 Martinis alone! Clear and easy instruction from one of America's most famous professional bartenders makes for fun browsing of drink options and mixing, stirring or shaking. "What shall we have tonight darling? A Screamer, or a Screaming Viking? Perhaps a Scarlet Letter, a Seduction, or a Screw-Up. How about a Sand in Your Butt? Is that anything like a Sex on the Beach #1,#2 or #3? Actually we like the looks of the Sex in a Hot Tub and we could finish the evening off with the Shark Bite." Anyone who likes a drink will have lots of fun with this most comprehensive and contemporary bartender's guide.
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"No one will ever have the creative cocktail knowledge of Stephen Kittredge Cunningham." -- Robert M. Parker, Jr. The Wine Advocate, October 2000
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163 of 164 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a bartender and there is always one customer who comes along and orders a drink you dont know how to make. Behind the bar we keep several drink books, but this is the only one that actually gets used. Easy to read recipies, non-coded names for liquors, short, sweet, and to the point. Spiral binded so the book will not close while you are mixing. Contains the most variety of drinks I've seen from Vodka Collins for beginners (which most books don't have) through Long Islands all the way to a Mongolian Mother for the more adverse. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to shake, stir, or blend.
50 of 50 people found the following review helpful
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I had to write a review after reading the prior one of a man in search of a picture book. There are a plethora of [bad] picture drink books on the market. It is funny, he was looking for a common thing (a [bad] picture drink book) and he got the finest drink recipe book ever written. The author painstakingly alphabetized and reworked thousands of drinks. He threw out all the [bad stuff] and made a No [fooling] essential tool, that restaurants, bars, and liquor stores must carry (they all seem to). The book is unbiased (no liquor companies pushing their product) It lays flat so I can work and read at the same time. I own a 4th, 5th and a 6th edition and I await new editions. I have learned from them all....THE BARTENDER'S BLACK BOOK IS A 5 STAR BOOK.
68 of 71 people found the following review helpful
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Tons of Lore and Just as Much Convenience
By Bill Marsano. There are more than enough bar guides around to satisfy even the thirstiest soul, so the question becomes which one is the most helpful, the easiest to use. Well, this one has a pretty fair claim to the title.
At about 4.5 inches by 9, it is of convenient, under-bar size (no bartender wants the customer to know he has to look anything up). It has some 2,700 recipes, and it takes them all with a straight face, from the utterly genteel to the impossibly vulgar (in my view, anyone who orders a German Leg-Spreader or a Duck Fart is a lout who should be flung into the street at the earliest opportunity, but that's the bouncer's job). There's an enlarged section on the martini, that greatest of cocktails, that Fred Astaire of drinks; and sections on flavored vodkas, shooters, floaters and wines. The wine section is especially worthy of note. Bartenders used to take the approach of Tim Costello's old Manhattan saloon, which had its wine list painted on the wall. It said: "Red, $2.50. White, $2.50. No substitutions." But times are changing and with any number of places offering wine by the glass, the able bartender has to know more than how to use a corkscrew. In this book, the wine advice comes from that demigod, Robert Parker Jr. himself. Nuff said.
But the best thing about this book is that it has a comb binding--something like a spiral-wire binding, but made of plastic. It means this book, unlike all the others I've see lately, lies FLAT. No more bending the book open, flexing it until the binding cracks, and then weighting it with a beer bottle to keep the thing from flapping closed. Sometimes strokes of genius are as easy as they are rare.--Bill Marsano is an award-winning writer and editor.'
By Bill Marsano. There are more than enough bar guides around to satisfy even the thirstiest soul, so the question becomes which one is the most helpful, the easiest to use. Well, this one has a pretty fair claim to the title.
At about 4.5 inches by 9, it is of convenient, under-bar size (no bartender wants the customer to know he has to look anything up). It has some 2,700 recipes, and it takes them all with a straight face, from the utterly genteel to the impossibly vulgar (in my view, anyone who orders a German Leg-Spreader or a Duck Fart is a lout who should be flung into the street at the earliest opportunity, but that's the bouncer's job). There's an enlarged section on the martini, that greatest of cocktails, that Fred Astaire of drinks; and sections on flavored vodkas, shooters, floaters and wines. The wine section is especially worthy of note. Bartenders used to take the approach of Tim Costello's old Manhattan saloon, which had its wine list painted on the wall. It said: "Red, $2.50. White, $2.50. No substitutions." But times are changing and with any number of places offering wine by the glass, the able bartender has to know more than how to use a corkscrew. In this book, the wine advice comes from that demigod, Robert Parker Jr. himself. Nuff said.
But the best thing about this book is that it has a comb binding--something like a spiral-wire binding, but made of plastic. It means this book, unlike all the others I've see lately, lies FLAT. No more bending the book open, flexing it until the binding cracks, and then weighting it with a beer bottle to keep the thing from flapping closed. Sometimes strokes of genius are as easy as they are rare.--Bill Marsano is an award-winning writer and editor.'
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DO NOT BUY KINDLE EDITION - GET PRINT EDITION
This book is very useful, both as a quick reference for someone who wishes to entertain at home, and as an indispensable manual for those of us in the industry. Read more
Published 19 days ago by englijo
bartenders black book10thed.
i like this book because i have raised my children & lost my husband never evevn drunk a beer, i am learnig so much about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!great book!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Susan
Bartender's Black Book
This book is pretty much all you'll ever need! Plastic binding makes it very easy to leave open to follow recipes! Read more
Published 2 months ago by SS442
The Gold Standard
This is the only book necessary for the consummate bartender. Well though out, thorough, and packed with useful information. Contains Robert Parker's section on wines as well.
Published 3 months ago by Rich
gift
it was a gift and they seemed happy with it. Will not know more until they to make so,e of the drinks
Published 4 months ago by Debbie
Makes a great gift to a new bartender
I gave this book as a gift to a friend of mine you had just taken a job tending bar. She has taken to work now for over 5 years and never leaves without it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Master_of_Disaster
Im confused!
This is a Great book to have behind the bar, but...The basic drinks I was tought in Bar tending School are not the same thing as in this book. Read more
Published 8 months ago by zachhbk
Love this book
I bring this thing with me everywhere I go. I never know what to drink and I probably piss off the bartender by having him read the damn thing to make my drink each time but it's... Read more
Published 8 months ago by JT
DRINK UP!
EVERYONE WHETHER YOU ARE A BARTENDER OR A HOMEOWNER NEEDS THIS BOOK! A NICE HOUSE WARMING GIFT FOR THE SPIRITUAL KIND! LOL
Published 10 months ago by Hope Hostutler
Well organized
The book is well organized and contains more drink recipes that similar books. The binder makes it easy to use at your home bar.
Published 10 months ago by R. Hoops
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If you are a AMATEUR BARTENDER, Here are some things you need. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thin add ice, strain into chilled glass, thick add fruit, strain into shot glass, thick add juice, black raspberry liqueur, drop shot glass, desired liquor, large stemmed glass, fill shot glass, salted glass, cinnamon schnapps, hazelnut liqueur, coffee liqueur, hot black coffee, into short glass, lemon twist, shaved chocolate, orange liqueur, peppermint schnapps, large coffee cup, strawberry liqueur, mixing glass, dry vermouth, apple brandy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pineapple Juice, Triple Sec, Lime Juice, Irish Cream, Dark Rum, Black Raspberry Liqueur, Banana Liqueur, Peach Schnapps, Melon Liqueur, Southern Comfort, Citrus Vodka, Dry Vermouth, White Creme De Cacao, Blue Curacao, Sweet Vermouth, Rum Fill, Peppermint Schnapps, Sugar Syrup, Light Rum, Apricot Brandy, Grapefruit Juice, Hazelnut Liqueur, Sloe Gin, Cream Shake, Grenadine Fill New!
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If you are a AMATEUR BARTENDER, Here are some things you need. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thin add ice, strain into chilled glass, thick add fruit, strain into shot glass, thick add juice, black raspberry liqueur, drop shot glass, desired liquor, large stemmed glass, fill shot glass, salted glass, cinnamon schnapps, hazelnut liqueur, coffee liqueur, hot black coffee, into short glass, lemon twist, shaved chocolate, orange liqueur, peppermint schnapps, large coffee cup, strawberry liqueur, mixing glass, dry vermouth, apple brandy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pineapple Juice, Triple Sec, Lime Juice, Irish Cream, Dark Rum, Black Raspberry Liqueur, Banana Liqueur, Peach Schnapps, Melon Liqueur, Southern Comfort, Citrus Vodka, Dry Vermouth, White Creme De Cacao, Blue Curacao, Sweet Vermouth, Rum Fill, Peppermint Schnapps, Sugar Syrup, Light Rum, Apricot Brandy, Grapefruit Juice, Hazelnut Liqueur, Sloe Gin, Cream Shake, Grenadine Fill New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Hot Chocolate by Suzanne Forster on page 174, and page 180
- Olive Oil (Compacts) by Clare Ferguson in Front Matter
- Wine in Everyday Cooking by Patricia Ballard in Front Matter
- In The Dark (Signature Select) by Judith Arnold on page 168
- Fine Wine in Food by Patricia Ballard in Front Matter
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