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This book does indeed make cocktails very easy, allowing over 500 different cocktails to be made with just 14 commonly available bottles of liquor plus
some everyday items from your refrigerator and kitchen cupboard.
some everyday items from your refrigerator and kitchen cupboard.
This is the concise version of the professional edition of diffordsguides `Cocktails' - which contains over 2,250 cocktails recipes.
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This title is a new addition to the diffordsguide series, aimed specifically at
those who wish to make cocktails at home.
those who wish to make cocktails at home.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This is a great book, aimed towards making cocktails at home, the other diffordsguide books are probably more suited towards professional bartenders.
The fact everything in the book only uses 14 spirits is great. 500 cocktails from only 14 spirits (and other everyday house hold ingredients). The beginning of the book tells you a little about the 14 spirits you are going to use. It goes on to tell you the different equipment you will need, which only consists of basic bar equipment and general kitchen utensils. And continues to tell you how to use the different pieces of equipment, how to make clear ice, how to make sugar syrup, how to salt the rim of a glass and goes through the different styles of glassware among other things.
It's hardcover, nicely layed out, 1-5 star rating system to help you choose which you'd like to try first. And as a nice extra there are randomly placed cocktail/alcohol related quotes, some quite amusing;
"Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink." - Lady Aston to Winston Churchill
"Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." - His reply.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars was the indexing. For a book aimed at someone with a limited stock of alcohol an indexing system based on that would have been very helpful. By that I mean, the drinks split into what spirits are used or something similar. So if you only had 6 of the 14 spirits you could easily find cocktails you could make. The book is indexed alphabetically, which works, but it could have been even better with a system like the one I described.
But if you looking for a book to help you get the most out of your limited home bar this book is a must have.
The fact everything in the book only uses 14 spirits is great. 500 cocktails from only 14 spirits (and other everyday house hold ingredients). The beginning of the book tells you a little about the 14 spirits you are going to use. It goes on to tell you the different equipment you will need, which only consists of basic bar equipment and general kitchen utensils. And continues to tell you how to use the different pieces of equipment, how to make clear ice, how to make sugar syrup, how to salt the rim of a glass and goes through the different styles of glassware among other things.
It's hardcover, nicely layed out, 1-5 star rating system to help you choose which you'd like to try first. And as a nice extra there are randomly placed cocktail/alcohol related quotes, some quite amusing;
"Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink." - Lady Aston to Winston Churchill
"Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." - His reply.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars was the indexing. For a book aimed at someone with a limited stock of alcohol an indexing system based on that would have been very helpful. By that I mean, the drinks split into what spirits are used or something similar. So if you only had 6 of the 14 spirits you could easily find cocktails you could make. The book is indexed alphabetically, which works, but it could have been even better with a system like the one I described.
But if you looking for a book to help you get the most out of your limited home bar this book is a must have.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This book is perfect for all novice cocktail makers, the best part is the fact that the book tells you what spirits you need to have in order to make the cocktails and those spirits are all readily available, no stupid ingredients that you wouldn't have. I also found that there is a brilliant iPhone application based on the book, also called Cocktails Made Easy. This is great because you have a virtual cocktail cabinet in which you can tell the application which spirits you have got in your cabinet and it will then show you what you can make. Even better is that you can shake the phone to show you a random cocktail from your cabinet. Bottoms up!
This is a great book to get you started in cocktail making!
I bought this to get a bit more creative with drinks when hosting parties etc, i have tried a good few recipes from the book and they have all been great! Go down well with everyone.
It explains all the tools you need, ie, juices, spirits, fruits, etc etc, explanations of the mixology terms ie, muddle etc, and even which glasses to use for which cocktail! genius.
Beautiful in hardback
Fantastic book.
I bought this to get a bit more creative with drinks when hosting parties etc, i have tried a good few recipes from the book and they have all been great! Go down well with everyone.
It explains all the tools you need, ie, juices, spirits, fruits, etc etc, explanations of the mixology terms ie, muddle etc, and even which glasses to use for which cocktail! genius.
Beautiful in hardback
Fantastic book.
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