From the Alamagoozlum to Don the Beachcomber's Zombie, Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh presents 80 rediscovered cocktail recipes and the stories behind them. The authentic vintage cocktail has made a comeback. This book does not repeat the timeworn cocktails of old. While old-fashioneds, martinis, rusty nails, margaritas, and negronis are all great drinks-and this book includes the most authentic recipes-you can find them anywhere. Here, historian, expert, and drink aficionado Dr. Cocktail has hand-picked 80 drinks rarely made today, and all of them deserve revival. All are from uncommon sources. Some of these drinks were found carefully penned into old cocktail manuals or on scraps of paper and may never have been published. Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails pays homage to the great bartenders of the past and the beverages they created. Use this book as a guide to explore the history of some unique cocktails and have a blast doing it. In stock and ready to ship. Features: Features more than 100 delicious and hard-to-find authentic recipes for vintage cocktails you can make at home. Illustrates drinks with luscious, full color photos. Includes vintage illustrations, bottles and cocktail artifacts. . Specs: 351 Pages. Spiral bound for easier access to recipes. Deluxe Edition - Revised and Updated.
Technology doesn’t come easy to me. I prefer trolling stores for hard-to-find bottles and old cocktail books to browsing the Internet. I like talking to bartenders and soaking up bar lore by sitting at the bar.</p><p>But technology makes it increasingly easy to figure out what to drink and how to drink it, and that’s a good thing. There are millions of Web sites devoted to everything from absinthe to whiskey, plus everything enthusiasts post on YouTube or their preferred social networking outlet. Some are fanatic in focus, others are spectacularly bad, many are well worth a bookmark.</p><p>Here are a few of my favorites.</p><p>Ardent Spirits (www.ardent spirits.com) is a frequent starting point in my research. It’s the creation of Gary and Mardee Regan, who are best known for books like “The Joy of Mixology” (Clarkson Potter, 2003) and their namesake Regans’ Orange Bitters No. 6. Here you’ll also find a newsletter, an A to Z cocktail list and an eclectic links page. How else would I have found what must be the world’s biggest collection of mini vodka bottles (www.justminivodkas .com)?</p><p>Robert Hess, aka... Source
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