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Jay Grays
Top Books for
Bartenders
Five historical readings, two contemporary books, and one wild card.
By Flavia Galeotti
he affable Jay Gray is a “I never chased money, I always chased
hardworking and book smart knowledge,” he says, after delivering a
bartender who paid his dues, as masterclass on cocktails through the ages to
many often do, working in bars Malaysian bartenders, emphasising bartending
Tand pubs in Nottingham, London, literature that best defined the eras. He
Barcelona, Sydney, and now in Singapore as shares with us his top seven (plus one) highly
the Monkey Shoulder Brand Ambassador for recommended readings for any bartender
South East Asia. looking to learn.
IN JAY’S
OWN WORDS
THE BARTENDER’S GUIDE MIXELLANY’S BARIANA
BY JERRY THOMAS (1862) BY LOUIS FOUQUET (2009)
His first book is amazing for the century it was (translated by Jared Brown).
written in, and as a good reference point for how For a book that was written 30 years after
classic drinks are made. everyone else, the style is really good.
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