- Hardcover: 500 pages
- Publisher: Sauce Guides Ltd; 8 edition (1 Sep 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 095562763X
- ISBN-13: 978-0955627637
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 20 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 370,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is the 8th edition of a book that is widely regarded by members of the drinks industry as the most complete and authoritative cocktail publication available. Since 2001 this trusted title has built a loyal following amongst the top international bartending fraternity as well as discerning drinkers and keen amateur mixologists. This heavyweight hardback has 500 pages containing a massive 2,500 cocktail recipes, all stipulating the correct glass and illustrated with a colour photograph. Many even have the name of their creator or a story attached. This encyclopaedic tome also includes the history of cocktails, biographies of the world's best bartenders and a full and comprehensive encyclopedia of all cocktail ingredients.
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The most complete and authoritative cocktail publication available with over 2,500 recipes, all illustrated with a colour photograph.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Simon Difford has updated his excellent guide with a host of new drinks, and tweaked old recipes. There's also a new section on the history of cocktails and recommendations for favourite drinks using each spirit. I'd have given five stars but for the typos (I found a few after just 5 minutes reading) and the BLATANT product placement for Bacardi, the most horrible of rums, as the previous reviewer also says. How much money did Ron pay for this? I would happily pay more for the book to get an honest opinion of which branded spirits to use...
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
First of all, this is a great complete book with all the cocktails you need. The famous ones, all their variations, with an explanation about their origin and a comment about their taste. Of course each one has a picture, and the author advises you a particular brand for each spirit used. But what I find strange is sometimes his choices in spirit : he recommends Bacardi Superior rum when a light rum is needed... Bacardi is well known to be one of the worst rum ever, even though it's wildly sold all over the world (just because of the massive promotion campaign, not because of the taste). It's a harsh disgusting rum, and Havana Club is way better in taste, for the same price... He also recommends Zubrowska vodka, which is in my opinion a budget vodka, it's not bad but it's not good either, and for the same price, vodkas such as Finlandia or even Russian Standard are better choices.
So you can follow his cocktails receipes, but when it comes to picking a brand, follow your own tastes. Sometimes he'll advise you a bad cheap brand, and sometimes an incredibly expensive brand (like zacapa old rum, la fée parisienne absinth or VSOP courvoisier cognac, they're all good of course, but best tasted neat, not in cocktails...) that could easily be replaced by a cheaper one. After all it's about cocktails, and a cocktail should be affordable.
So you can follow his cocktails receipes, but when it comes to picking a brand, follow your own tastes. Sometimes he'll advise you a bad cheap brand, and sometimes an incredibly expensive brand (like zacapa old rum, la fée parisienne absinth or VSOP courvoisier cognac, they're all good of course, but best tasted neat, not in cocktails...) that could easily be replaced by a cheaper one. After all it's about cocktails, and a cocktail should be affordable.
Format:Hardcover
This book has every cocktail you can think of, with tasting notes, ratings and stories behind the drink. An absolute must behind every bar, and in every home where a wannabe mixologist lives who wants to impress his/her friends with some sublime drinks. Great buy! (But be warned: It weights about fifteen kilos ;) )
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