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Mr. Boston: Official Bartender's Guide

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The new updated version now shows the full influence of the resurgence of the great American cocktail. The author hits all the right marks in how to prepare a cocktail properly, such as insisting one only use fresh-squeezed lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit juices.
There are a few peculiarities that are shocking - the author states Old Tom gin is no longer available, which is just bizarre; it is available all over the country and is indeed still produced. Hayman's Old Tom Gin is one. There is also a Manhatta recipe that appears to be a mis-print. Surely the author doesn't intend for a Manhattan of 1 1/2 oz whiskey, 1/2 vermouth, and agostura bitters. It most likely is meant to read 2 1/2oz rye or bourbon, 1oz sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters... Unless he just likes a 2 oz manhattan.
The organization by alcohol is a little strange too. Where does one put a drink that contains equal parts gin, vermouth and campari? Organization alphabetically or by drink classification would work better.
The recipes are good & one can use them knowing he or she will enjoy the outcome.
It may not be the standard it was in the heyday of the cocktail, but it's making it's way back. I look forward to better organized, more accurate versions in the future! Better proofreading & more attention to detail will make it the standard it used to be.

Here's the standard, the only bartending/cocktail recipe book that you'll ever need. Sure, there are others out there with snazzy illustrations and photos of cocktails that you'll never make but what you have here is the standard, the classic. In here is all the information and recipes to make timelss cocktails. These really are great. When I bartended this was the go-to guide for cocktails, now years later I'm glad to have this in my kitchen for those times when someone may want something just a little different. So yes, go ahead and buy the glitzy cocktail book, but you really ought to have this one too, you'll use it much more and find it indeed more helpful.

After a 20 year wait, this guide has been TOTALLY revised and updated. A must have for the home bartender.

I sent this as a gift to a friend who bartends at Bahrain... quicker shipping than expected and great for anybody who bartends for work or just for personal use... my friend's been raving about this book for a decade now so I thought it would be nice to send him one... he says now, he learned few more tricks that pleased his guests, which lead to better TIPS...

If you are going to own one book on mixing drinks, this is probably it. Definitely a step up from the type of kitschy cocktail books they put on display in Books-a-Million/Barnes&Noble/etc.

Book is in perfect condition, fast shiping, very good information on the status of the shipment, I recommend anyone who wants to become a real bartender, or simply want to impress your friends :)

I learned drinks from Mr. Boston as a beginning bartender and continue to use it in my 12 years of experience. It is well organized and easy to find the perfect recipe.

it was strange having to look up a drink by it's contents such vodka or gin etc.
until i used the index which was ok except that it was out of order. example:i looked for cosmopoitan in the index. looked for c. found it on page 281; but it ended before c ended. looked further in the index found cosmo on page 283 after g..the pages went from 279-286 and back to ,284,281,282 and then 293,to the end (in order) 298