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Top Books for BARFLIES AND COCKTAILS THE FINE ART OF MIXING DRINKS

Bartenders the reference because knowing where the drinks come flowing and there are good stories. It’s the customer
BY HARRY MCELHONE (1927)
BY DAVID EMBURY (1948)
One thing that Harry McElhone was good at was
His writing style is easily digestible. It’s way more
making sure if he’s putting a drink in his book you
looking in at the bar, rather than a bartender talking
know where it’s come from. Like the Manuel Del
to a bartender. To have that perception on drinks,
Cantoneros said, bartenders need to know 120 drinks
and style, and how to behave as a bartender, is so
– and they usually did, but I think it’s better to have
important because it’s what [the customer] sees.
It’s also a great reference for writing menus.
from is important in knowing how they should taste.

BARTENDERS LIQUID INTELLIGENCE: THE ART AND THE BAR BOOK

MANUAL SCIENCE OF THE PERFECT COCKTAIL BY DAVID MORGENTHALER

BY HARRY JOHNSON (1900) BY DAVE ARNOLD (2014) (2014)
(2nd Revised Edition) Great for experimentation, for new techniques, put This would help
For anyone who wants to fairly simplistically. The new age of bartending with bartenders, especially
younger ones. It goes
open a bar, and for anyone people like Dave and Don Lee look at precision and through everything.
who wants to train their accuracy. They do experiments because, in a certain
bartenders in etiquette and way, they are scientists. I could geek out on this stuff
style, this is a go-to. all day, and I think it makes for pretty interesting
conversation.

Wild WHEN IT’S COCKTAIL TIME IN CUBA

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BY BASIL WOON (1928)
All about experiences in cocktail bartending in Cuba in 1928.

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