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Written by renowned bartender and cocktail blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler, The Bar Book is the only technique driven cocktail handbook out there This indispensable guide breaks down bartending into essential techniques, and then applies them to building the best drinks More than 60 recipes illustrate the concepts explored in the text, ranging from juicing, garnishing, carbonating, stirring, and shaking to choosing the correct ice for proper chilling and dilution of a drink With how to photography to provide inspiration and guidance, this book breaks new ground for the home cocktail enthusiast. Read The Bar Book author Jeffrey Morgenthaler – kino-fada.fr This book doesn t just tell you how to make a cocktail, it explains the why of the technique Level up your bar skills You might also enjoy Liquid Intelligence The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail Speakeasy The Canon Cocktail Book The 12 Bottle BarMorgenthaler s thesis is quite straightforward there are three key elements to any cocktail 1 the recipe, 2 the ingredients, and 3 the technique It is his contention that the latter is overlooked, to the detriment of the final product, and it is this book s intention to correct that oversight The Bar Book Elements of Cocktail Technique is chock full of great advice everything from keeping your lemons and limes refrigerated, not bothering with the rolling them on the counter technique Morgenthaler s thesis is quite straightforward there are three key elements to any cocktail 1 the recipe, 2 the ingredients, and 3 the technique It is his contention that the latter is overlooked, to the detriment of the final product, and it is this book s intention to correct that oversight The Bar Book Elements of Cocktail Technique is chock full of great advice everything from keeping your lemons and limes refrigerated, not bothering with the rolling them on the counter technique so as to extractjuice yield, to practical advice on everything from the MacQuyver Centrifuge Method for...As someone who was SUPER into cocktails a couple years ago, but kind of got distracted, I was tickled to find this book It has rekindled my interest and inspired me to try some things I haven t done before In particular, I am excited to try his quinine tincture method for gin and tonics rather than making a tonic syrup My only complaint is there isn t a Manhattan recipe, which doesn t...The best bar book I ve read so far Pragmatic, with a lot of practical examples and experiments When someone says you need to roll a lemon before juicing, because it producesjuice, the author performs an experiment and find out what is true and what is not When someone says, for a cocktail you need a half of lemon, the author shows the exact amount of mils you need for the cocktail.He also don t hesitate to inviteproffesional people in specific area to write a chapter.This book not The best bar book I ve read so far Pragmatic, with a lot of practical examples and experiments When someone says you need to roll a lemon before juicing...G zel yemek yapmak sizi iyi bir a yapmad gibi g zel kokteyl yapabilmek de sizi asla iyi bir barmen barmeid yapmaz Bu kitap hobi seviyesinin tesinde profesyonel d zeyde bir bar al an iseniz okuman z gereken bir kitap O y zden ok ho uma gitti Zira bu kitap size ...Morgenthaler s books of the ultra basics Pretty good, although I think I needed the ultra ultra basics I picked this up as an introduction to cocktail making It was great for detailing how to juice a lemon, how to stir a drink, but notably never addressed the basics of liquor at all.Easy read and now I know how to make drinks.Broadly usefulFor someone getting started with a home bar, a couple of YouTube videos will do better, but there s a wealth of material for an aspiring professionalYou will be amazed to learn how to create flavorful cocktails by making every part of a drink from the juice to the bitters to the garnish.Very hwlpdulLots of practical tips on things often ignored, including how to stir properly I ll be consulting this again before my next big party

The Bar Book
  • 10 March 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 145211384X
  • Jeffrey Morgenthaler
  • The Bar Book