"...my favorite drinks book of the year is The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique. Mr. Morgenthaler, a well-regarded Portland, Ore.-based bartender and blogger, notes that a great cocktail requires a combination of three elements: recipe, ingredient and technique. He admits that the first two have been well-plumbed in existing books, then lasers in on the third. Just learning how to make his ingenious but simple "MacGyver Centrifuge" with cheesecloth and a salad spinner to filter fruit juices is nearly worth the cover price." - Wayne Curtis, The Wall Street Journal
"An accessible but sophisticated primer that could render the rest of the cocktail library obsolete." - Library Journal
"Jeffrey Morgenthaler is our kind of guy; an obsessive practitiioner of lost arts and an inventor in his own right." - from Playboy
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.
About the Author
Jeffrey Morgenthaler is an award-winning bartender and blogger who manages the bar at Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon. Martha Holmberg is the author of Modern Sauces and Crêpes.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.
Product details
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B00GOJT5H0
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Chronicle Books LLC; Illustrated edition (3 June 2014)
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It tells you the basics and how to do it correctly. Sometimes it feels like the author is stretching the topic a bit though the general style of writing is ‘conversational’ which is okay. A lot of people rave about this book and I have to say I was initially a bit nonplussed; just about every cocktail book has a few chapters on technique (which in my opinion nine times out of ten is padding) but revisiting this book a few times has made me appreciate it more.
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book for new or experienced bartenders
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2015
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Excellent book for new or experienced bartenders! Don't expect in-depth molecular recipes, but it's simple, to the point, non-patronising and full of practical advice. A must have for any cocktail enthusiast's collection.