12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve Bottles

Title: 12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve Bottles
Author: David Solmonson
Beverages: 1703459
ISBN: 9780761174943
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Illustrated
Number of Pages: 416
Section: Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic - Bartending & Cocktails
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:

It's a system, a tool kit, a recipe book. Beginning with one irresistible idea--a complete home bar of just 12 key bottles--here's how to make more than 200 classic and unique mixed drinks, including sours, slings, toddies, and highballs, plus the perfect Martini, the perfect Manhattan, and the perfect Mint Julep.

It's a surprising guide--tequila didn't make the cut, and neither did bourbon, but genever did. And it's a literate guide--describing with great liveliness everything from the importance of vermouth and bitters (the "salt and pepper" of mixology) to the story of a punch bowl so big it was stirred by a boy in a rowboat.