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The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails (Cocktail Book, Bartender Book, Mixology Book, Mixed Drinks Recipe Book)

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The Ultimate Bar Book — The bartender's bible James Beard nominee for Best Wine and Spirit Book The cocktail book for your home: The Ultimate Bar Book is an indispensable guide to classic cocktails and new drink recipes. Loaded with essential-to-know topics such as barware, tools, and mixing tips. Classic cocktails and new drinks: As the mistress of mixology, the author Mittie Hellmich has the classics down for the Martini, the Bloody Mary—and the many variations such as the Dirty Martini and the Virgin Mary. And then there are all the creative new elixirs the author brings to the table, like the Tasmanian Twister Cocktail or the Citron Sparkler. Illustrated secrets of classic cocktails and more: Illustrations show precisely what type of glass should be used for each drink. With dozens of recipes for garnishes, rims, infusions, and syrups; punches, gelatin shooters, hot drinks, and non- alcoholic beverages; and let's not forget an essential selection of hangover remedies, The Ultimate Bar Book is nothing short of top-shelf. If you liked PTD Cocktail Book, 12 Bottle Bar and The Joy of Mixology, you'll love The Ultimate Bar Book This makes for a great gift for bartenders and is the ideal addition to any bartender's book collection or for anyone who's looking for books from these categories: Essential Cocktail BooksBartender Recipe BooksDrink Mixing BooksAlcohol Drink Recipe Books Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books


Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 23, 2006


Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 476 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811843513


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 15


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds


Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.5 x 7.88 inches


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    • Great book, small print!
Format: Hardcover
I was going to send back simply because the print is small, but it is such a good book for information and so many cocktail recipes that I have decided need to keep it.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2025 by Lora K
    • Detailed Recepies
Format: Hardcover
Amazing, very detailed and the knowledge you get from it is very vivid and straight forward
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2026 by Susana Guerra
    • Easy to follow !
Format: Hardcover
Review Image by Channel Moss Channel Moss
Great book and has every recipe you can think of and not ! It’s an awesome addition to add to your mixology collection!
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2026 by Channel Moss Channel Moss
    • A Good Beginners Guide...But...
Format: Hardcover
I don't profess to know a lot about bar work or the myriad of various cocktails that people enjoy. This book is a good guide for somebody who wants to know about mixing drinks for maybe a couple of friends over for a barbecue, or a party with twenty attendees. The book is divided into sections on setting up a basic or fairly well stocked home bar, the various equipment needed and most important, for appearances sake when whipping up a quick 'Tom Collins' or 'Rob Roy', the type of glass to put your masterpiece in. With over 1000 different drink recipes I thought this book was very informative and well laid out. It is a solid book-hard covers and quite heavy with the type of paper used. There are no photographs of the finished mixed drink, however I don't consider this an important requirement; there is a shadow outline of the recommended glass to use next to each drink. These various glass styles are discussed in an earlier section of the book. It is obvious the author has completed a fair amount of research into this book and while there are new drinks emerging all the time and different 'slants' on probably the more readily known drinks; for someone who is a novice, this book is very comprehensive. The book examines drinks that are based around various spirits such as vodka, gin, whisky, cognac etc, together with some non-alcoholic offerings for those who do not imbibe. If there is a critical aspect of this book it is its size. I found the book small and as a consequence, to accommodate all the information, the printing is in a small font; this aspect makes the book difficult to read in some light situations and if you suffer from eyesight problems, then you may find this book frustrating in that regard. Together with the size problem, is the binding, while the book looks very impressive sitting in among books on a shelf, the binding does not allow the book to sit open at a specific page and this would make trying to use it behind a bar frustrating. The paper used in the pages has no water proof capabilities so using it near liquids would see the book easily spoiled. In summary a very good beginners reference to bars and drink mixing, however a book that requires someone to copy drink recipes from, not a user friendly volume for behind a bar. In closing I would like to acknowledge the business who shipped this book to me, after a time lapse in the projected shipping date, I contacted them to inform I had not received this book. They worked to recover the shipping info and contacted me to update me on the status of the order. Well done! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021 by Bomb Man58
    • Awesome little book!
Format: Hardcover
Bought as a gift for my son in law for his bar area. He loved it. It is a great buy for the price.
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2025 by Martha
    • Cocktail Recipes and MORE
Format: Hardcover
Got this book to help give ideas on what drinks to make from the bar cart, and it accomplishes that perfectly. While other reviewers have said their book came damaged mine was in good condition. There are a TON of recipes in this book. I have noticed that the ingredient ratios are slightly different than some other recipes I know but I have made a few of them so far and they all turned out well. The book itself is thicker than I thought but it is decently small, a good size I think. The font is very fancy and it feels very elegant. There is a wealth of knowledge about random different alcohols and it gives lots of tips to make your drinks better. Solid book, worth a read if you like drinking. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020 by will
    • For the Cocktail Enthusiast
Format: Hardcover
Nice looking book packed with good information for anyone who likes to make a great tasting cocktail.
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2025 by J.M.
    • Very complete and authoritative
Format: Hardcover
After setting up a home bar, I needed a reliable resource for drink recipes. Everything else was rather light on the overall coverage or just very restricted to one type of liquor or another and what I needed was more a standard reference for (almost) everything. True to its title, there are 1,000+ recipes in this, and it's organized in an easy to find manner. Moreover, there are two indexes: One accounts for the drink recipes by drink, the other is organized by major liquor ingredient (say, Bourbon), so finding what I might like to make is simple and quick. There is occasional background on liquor or drink types at the beginning of sections, but unlike other books it doesn't dwell on the history lessons and focuses more on "what will you need", "how to choose", "what should be in my standard bar stock", and other topics like that. The focus is more on providing the ready-reference and necessary background and taking you right into getting the ingredients, measurements, and activities aligned. I wanted just one book that would serve the purpose of "how do I make..." and this for me was it. I'd highly recommend this if that's also your goal in finding that single reference guide. My only complaint is that the actual book is on the small side with a lot of information in smaller type. Keep that in mind and for those needing reading glasses, break those out to review this one. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2022 by Andrew Buck

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