You won't find a better indroduction to spirits

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	• The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes Dale Degroff Clarkson Potter, 2002 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best of the Best!

If you are a bartender looking for more knowledge to better yourself at your craft..then this is the book for you. I've even started doing training from this book for my new guys...Mr. DeGroff is the best! I can't wait to go to his B.A.R. classes. Anyone interested in making the most delicious drinks whether it be at the bar or at your house...you need this book!

great information for someone who wants it all

This book was fun and fascinating. It had a lot of facts and lore included as well as delicious recipes and pictures. It goes through the basics, such as terms and descriptions, as well as gives tips in each section. I have many cocktail books, but will refer to this one time and time again. It should be on everyone's shelf!

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Must have

Every serious bartender should have this book in his or her collection. It's sleek modern meets art deco with its arsty type and angled text. Also, the most famous bartender in America of the wrote it.

Cheryl Charming

For the Cocktail Gourmet

If you are into the art of coctails, and want a book that uses no premade mixers, this is the book for you. This book is very informative. Way more than a recipe book, as I read I aspired to be a gourmet bartender. This book makes mixing drinks an art.

You won't find a better indroduction to spirits

Pros

- Great looking book and great photography
- Detailed intro into all the main spirits
- Detailed info on bartending techniques and measurements
- Good intro into cocktail glasses
- Large number of recipes
- The author definately has command of the subject
- Lots of references of wher to buy items for your bar

Cons

- Inconsistant terminology. He uses different names for the same spirit in different pages of the book which leads to a bit of confusion
- No cross reference of recipes by main spirit. I wish the book would have broken down the recipes by main spirit. Recipes with vodka, recipes with tequila, and so on.
- Some spirits are undefined in the book. There are several recipes that have spirits that aren't defined anywhere on the book.

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Cocktails are bigger than ever, and this is the first real cookbook for them, covering the entire breadth of this rich subject. The Craft of the Cocktail provides much more than merely the same old recipes: it delves into history, personalities, and anecdotes; it shows you how to set up a bar, master important techniques, and use tools correctly; and it delivers unique concoctions, many featuring Dale DeGroff?s signature use of fresh juices, as well as all the classics.

Debonair, a great raconteur, and an unparalleled authority, Dale DeGroff is the epitome of Perfect Bartender, universally acknowledged as the world?s premier mixologist. From Entertainment Weekly and USA Today to the Culinary Institute of America and the nation?s best restaurants, whenever anybody wants information or training on the bar, they turn to Dale for recipes, for history, for anecdotes, for fun?for cocktail-party conversation as well as for cocktails.

That?s what The Craft of the Cocktail is?the full party, conversation and all. It begins with the history of spirits, how they?re made (but without too much boring science), the development of the mixed drink, and the culture it created, all drawn from Dale?s vast library of vintage cocktail books. Then on to stocking the essential bar, choosing the right tools and ingredients, mastering key techniques?hints worthy of a pro, the same information that Dale shares with the bartenders he trains in seminars and through his videos. And then the meat of the matter: 500 recipes, including everything from tried-and-true classics to of-the-moment originals. Throughout are rich stories, vintage recipes, fast facts, and other entertaining asides. Beautiful color photographs and a striking design round out the cookbook approach to this subject, highlighting the difference between an under-the-bar handbook and a stylish, full-blown treatment. The Craft of the Cocktail is that treatment, destined to become the bible of the bar.

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