The Bartender's Bible : 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar

Customer Reviews

Organized recipes of intoxicating drinks!

The book is so organized that you can find a drink and mix it even while intoxicated! :) The first chapter is short and sweet, it basically tells you what a well-stocked bar should look like, what it should have, etc... Then it get's to the drinks... in alphabetical order and categorized by its main ingredient the chapters are as follows... Bourbon drinks, Brandy drinks, Gin drinks, Rum, Scotch, Tequila, Vodka, and Whiksy drinks... the last chapters list Tropical drinks, apertifs, and cordials... but wait! There's more!!... It's got Wine drinks, beer and beer concoctions, hot drinks, party punches that really pack a punch! and of course... non-alchoholic drinks for us designated drivers! A great well-organized book! You'll definitely use it around the holidays (all of them!)... Highly recommended!

best bartending guide available

Pretty much I agree with Brian Tomkiel's review. Complaints about looking things up confuse me, since there is an alphabetical index. There are drinks missing. But every single bartending guide I've looked at is missing one drink or another. In practice, I've never had problems with this book. Besides, most people who are asking for "popular" drinks like the Cosmopolitan and Hurricane know how they're made...it doesn't kill you to ask someone rather than looking in the book.

In the end, sure, maybe it's not perfect for bar use. Then again, I don't see the negative reviews suggesting what IS perfect for professional bar use. For home bar use, however, this book is the best of the many I have and have used.

The only one

It is not really needed but I will chime in and say it is the first drinks book I got, and the only one of the many I now have that I use. The others are OK for specialty applications but the sheer number of drinks in this one makes it an amazing experience. stellar are the introductions to each base ingredient section; how is gin made; is whiskey and whisky the same thing? Etc etc. A great buy!