Ultimate Bar Book is the first and only guide to classic and new drink recipes. Loaded with essential-to-know topics such as barware, tools, and mixing tips, this book has it all. As a mistress of mixology, the author has the classics down to a Tthe Martini, the Bloody Mary, plus the many variations (the Dirty Martini, the Virgin Mary). And then there are all the creative new elixirs the author brings to the table, like the Tasmanian Twister Cocktail or the Citron Sparkler. Illustrations show precisely what type of glass should be used for each drink. With dozens of recipes for garnishes, rims, infusions, and syrups; punches, gelatin shooters, hot drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages; andlet's not forgetan essential selection of hangover remedies, Ultimate Bar Book is nothing short of top-shelf.
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Mittie Hellmich is a photographer and former columnist for the Oregonian . Her photographs have appeared in Highballs, High Heels (0-8118-3017-9) and Atomic Cocktails (0-8118-1926-4). She is the author of Sangria (0-8118-4290-8), Paradise on Ice (0-8118-3302-X), and Party Shots (0-8118-3950-8), all from Chronicle Books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Written especially for beginners and teaches the basics and techniques of the mixed drink, assuming no prior knowledge,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails (Hardcover)
If it's only one big book you want covering all the cocktail recipes, leaving the glitz of color photos for the depth of practical coverage, make it ULTIMATE BAR BOOK: THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO OVER 1,000 COCKTAILS. Here are all the classics plus new cocktails such as Bali Highball. Here also are recommendations for home bars, coverage of utensils and mixers, sections on non-alcoholic drinks, and tips for entertaining with cocktails. Novices shouldn't be put off by the volume, either: it's written especially for beginners and teaches the basics and techniques of the mixed drink, assuming no prior knowledge.
Diane C. Donovan, Editor California Bookwatch
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Expansive Mixology Guide,
By NDB (Santa Rosa, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails (Hardcover)
The Ultimate Bar Book, at 450 pages, is as comprehensive as you are likely ever to need. It provides recipes to the classics and all of their variants, newly fashionable drinks, and provides rational commentary on the ingredients--whether to use the pricey ones or not, and what equivalents you might use. It even provides a guide to the barware for each drink.
The book is well constructed and attractive. Its enjoyable just to thumb through it, and to see what is in so many drinks. The mixing trends come out after a brief review of the many drinks--you can easily expand your cocktail repertoire without the fuss of mixing and failing several times. I recommend the book as a basic bar staple. If you enjoy the art of "mixology," this is a fun sourcebook.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Every person, bar and country should own one.,
This review is from: The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails (Hardcover)
This book surpasses any other book on drinks. It runs the gamut of drinks from alcohol to non-alcoholic. There's a section in the back for punches, and to boot, a section for hangover remedies. I'm sixty years old and this is the best bar book I've every ecountered.
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AH, THE COCKTAIL! Epitomized by the languorous promise of a shimmering Martini, surrounded by glamour and ritual, cocktails are back in style, riding a wave of nostalgia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chilled cocktail glass, rim with sugar, preferred flavor intensity, lime peel spiral, ounces silver tequila, chilled beer mug, chilled shot glass, chilled champagne flute, lemon peel spiral, ounce fresh lemon juice, top with club soda, sparkling orange beverage, rim with salt, ounces fresh grapefruit juice, ounce fresh lime juice, ounce raspberry syrup, chilled sour glass, ladle into punch cups, layer the other ingredients, ounce fresh orange juice, ounce kirsch, ounces gold rum, ounce peppermint schnapps, ounce white crème, ounce melon liqueur Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dash of Angostura, Grand Marnier, Southern Comfort, United States, Mandarine Napoléon, Tia Maria, New Orleans, Vodka Martini, Baileys Irish Cream, Bloody Mary, James Bond, New York, Rhum Barbancourt, John Collins, Lillet Blanc, Knob Creek, Puerto Rico, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Puerto Rican, Fernet Branca, Parfait Amour, World War, Maker's Mark, Mint Julep, Dubonnet Rouge New!
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AH, THE COCKTAIL! Epitomized by the languorous promise of a shimmering Martini, surrounded by glamour and ritual, cocktails are back in style, riding a wave of nostalgia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chilled cocktail glass, rim with sugar, preferred flavor intensity, lime peel spiral, ounces silver tequila, chilled beer mug, chilled shot glass, chilled champagne flute, lemon peel spiral, ounce fresh lemon juice, top with club soda, sparkling orange beverage, rim with salt, ounces fresh grapefruit juice, ounce fresh lime juice, ounce raspberry syrup, chilled sour glass, ladle into punch cups, layer the other ingredients, ounce fresh orange juice, ounce kirsch, ounces gold rum, ounce peppermint schnapps, ounce white crème, ounce melon liqueur Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dash of Angostura, Grand Marnier, Southern Comfort, United States, Mandarine Napoléon, Tia Maria, New Orleans, Vodka Martini, Baileys Irish Cream, Bloody Mary, James Bond, New York, Rhum Barbancourt, John Collins, Lillet Blanc, Knob Creek, Puerto Rico, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Puerto Rican, Fernet Branca, Parfait Amour, World War, Maker's Mark, Mint Julep, Dubonnet Rouge New!
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- Savoy Cocktail Book by H Craddock on page 68, and Back Matter
- Sangria: Fun and Festive Recipes by Mittie Hellmich on page 292, and Back Matter
- Travellers' Wildlife Guides Costa Rica by Les Beletsky on page 123, and page 127
- Prince of Wales by John Williams on page 42
- Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine by Christopher Foulkes in Back Matter
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