BYOB* Bar Book

BYOB* *Bartenders Bar Book

Haily Ayres

Who needs to go out when you can Be Your Own Bartender ?

BYOB* *Bartenders Bar Book

Haily Ayres

HOW HARD COULD IT BE? When did going out turn into the only time you could enjoy a good old fashioned cocktail? Learning how to make cocktails is not only a great party trick, but it’s also a great way to connect with others while having a great time.

BYOB wants to help elevate that good time whether you are hanging out with a few good friends or throwing the party to end all parties. Within this recipe book you will find the classic cocktails that have been popular for ages, fun seasonal cocktails that you will love preparing for the holidays and great shots that are sure to get any party started.

Use this book as a tool to learn how to prepare these great cocktails, then use your creativity to come up with new and unique takes on classic concoctions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 09 Cocktails 101

Cocktails don’t make themselves. Terminology and tools are tied to the art of crafting the perfect cocktail. This is where you learn it.

19 Winter

December, January and February can be brutal. On a cold winters day don’t you want to curl up with a cocktail that makes you feel all warm inside?

39 Spring

March, April and May are knows for being bright and full of life. Enjoy this set of cocktails that are sure to add a little more spring to your step.

59 Summer

June, July and August can leave you sweating. Cool off with this selection of cocktails that are sure to give you a mid summer chill.

79 Fall

September, October and November are full of holiday cheer. Celebrate with friends, family and cocktails.

98 Index

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COCKTAILS 101

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Bartender’s Tool Kit

12

Glassware

14 Ice

17

Simple Syrup 09

BARTENDER’S TOOL KIT Muddler Some cocktails need a little extra flavor. A muddler is used to crush ingredients within the cocktail to add that unique taste.

Jigger Accuracy is important when creating a cocktail. A jigger is used to measure out liquids for each cocktail.

Shaker

Shaken or stirred? A shaker is used (along with ice) to mix the ingredients of a cocktail and quickly chill it before serving.

Bar Spoon What if you want it stirred? A bar-spoon is used to mix and layer

ingredients within a cocktail by pouring the ingredients over the spoon into the glass.

Strainer Cocktails are pulp free (for the most part). A strainer is used to clear bits of ingredients out of the cocktail that are not a liquid.

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Muddler

Shaker Bar Spoon

Strainer

Jigger

GLASSWARE

Martini

This glass is for drinks without ice (chilled drinks).

This glass is also known as a “Cocktail Glass.”

Snifter

Old Fashioned

This glass is used for drinks “on the rocks”. This glass is also known as a “Rocks Glass.”

This glass has a short stem so you can place your middle and ring finger around it.

Flute

The flute shape helps preserve the carbonation of the champagne.

Irish Coffee Mug

The Irish Coffee Mug is used for hot cocktails

Shot

This is a small and thick glass. It is also used as a measuring tool.

Highball

This is the most common glass at bars. It is used to make many mixed drinks.

ICE Cubed Ice cubes are good for almost all mixing: for shaking, stirring and drinks on the rocks. The larger the ice cube, the slower it melts and causes less dilution.

It is customary to fill a glass or shaker 2/3 full for best results.

Cracked Smaller than ice cubes, cracked ice melts faster and adds more water

to drinks. Usually this is used when making frozen drinks because cubes can clog the blender’s blade.

2/3 to one cup of cracked ice is perfect for a single frozen Daiquiri or Margarita. Typically bagged ice from the store is cracked.

Crushed Crushed or shaved ice is a very fine ice that can be used in a shaker to produce a thick, slurry of a cocktail.

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Cracked Cubed

Crushed

SIMPLE SYRUP Some cold cocktails and fruit drinks use simple syrup as a basis to sweeten an otherwise bitter beverage. The result of this recipe is a syrup that is thinner than a commercial rich syrup.

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil. Simmer until the sugar is dissolved (about 3 minutes). Remove from the heat and let cool completely.

MAKE AHEAD The syrup can be refrigerated in a glass jar for up to 1 month.

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WINTER

20

Candy Cane

23

Hot Toddy

24

Snowball

27

Champagne Punch

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Dry Martini

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Z-28

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Red Valentine

35

Side Car

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Woo Woo 19

CANDY CANE 3/4 oz berry vodka

1 candy cane

3/4 oz peppermint schnapps

half and half

3/4 oz white creme de cacao

soda water

1/4 oz grenadine

Pour vodka, peppermint schnapps, white creme de cacao and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Pour into a cocktail glass. Fill with half and half. Top with soda water. Garnish with a candy cane.

WHAT YOU NEED: martini glass, ice cubes, shaker

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HOT TODDY 1 1/4 oz spiced rum

7 oz hot water

1 oz fresh lemon juice

1 thin lemon wedge

1/2 oz honey

1 cinnamon stick

In a mixing glass combine spiced rum, lemon juice and hot water. Slowly add honey, stirring to combine. Pour mixture into a mug. Garnish with a thinly sliced lemon wedge and cinnamon stick.

WHAT YOU NEED: Irish coffee mug, mixing glass, bar spoon

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SNOWBALL 3/4 oz brandy

3/4 oz white creme de cacao

3/4 oz peppermint schnapps

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Combine brandy, peppermint schnapps and creme de cacao. Shake well. Strain into a shot glass.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, ice cubes, shaker Serves 1 shot

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CHAMPAGNE PUNCH 1/2 cup triple sec

1/2 qt chilled ginger ale

1/2 cup brandy

1 chilled bottle dry champagne

1/4 cup chambord

1 cup raspberries

1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice

In a separate bowl combine triple sec, brandy, chambord and pineapple juice. Chill covered for at least 4 hours. Put the raspberries in the freezer until frozen. In a punch bowl combine the triple sec mixture, ginger ale and champagne. Garnish with raspberries.

WHAT YOU NEED: flute, punch bowl, bowl Serves 6 - 12

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DRY MARTINI 4 oz vodka

2 pimento-stuffed green olives

1 oz dry vermouth

Pour vodka and vermouth into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake for at least 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a couple of olives.

WHAT YOU NEED: martini glass (chilled), ice cubes, shaker

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Z-28 1/3 oz green creme de menthe

1/3 oz tequila

1/3 oz banana liqueur

Pour creme de menthe into a shot glass. Float banana liqueur on top. Top with tequila.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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RED VALENTINE 1 1/2 oz patron silver tequila

red sugar for rim

1 oz lemonade

2 lemon wedges

1 splash red grenadine syrup

Pour sugar onto a shallow plate. Wet the rim of the martini glass with a lemon wedge.

Dip the glass in sugar. Combine tequila, lemonade and grenadine into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake for 45 seconds. Strain into prepared sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

WHAT YOU NEED: martini glass, ice cubes, plate, shaker

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SIDE CAR 1 1/2 oz cognac

1/3 oz lemon juice

1/2 oz grand marnier

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Add cognac, grand marnier and lemon juice.

Shake well. Double strain into a chilled snifter.

WHAT YOU NEED: snifter (chilled), ice cubes, shaker, strainer

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WOO WOO 1/2 oz vodka

1 oz cranberry juice

1/2 oz peach schnapps

1 lemon wedge

Combine vodka, schnapps and cranberry juice into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.

Shake well. Strain into a chilled shot glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, ice cubes, shaker Serves 1 shot

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SPRING

40

Mint Ginger Melon

43

Manhattan

44

Irish Flag

47

Berry Red Sangria

48

Whiskey Sour

51

Lemon Drop

52

Margarita Sangria

55

Mint Julep

56

Black Rose 39

MINT GINGER MELON 1 oz midori

1/2 oz white rum

1/2 oz creme de menthe

ginger ale

8-10 mint leaves

Pour midori, creme de menth and white rum in a highball glass filled with crushed ice.

Top with ginger ale. Garnish with mint.

WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass, crushed ice

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MANHATTAN 3 oz rye whiskey

3 dashes angostura bitters

1 oz sweet vermouth

1 maraschino cherry

Mix whiskey, vermouth, and bitters in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake till chilled. Strain into an old fashioned glass with ice cubes. Garnish with cherry.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, ice cubes, shaker

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IRISH FLAG 1/3 green creme de menthe

1/3 grand marnier orange liqueur

1/3 Irish cream liqueur

Pour creme de menthe into a shot glass. Float Irish cream liqueur on top of the creme de menthe. Float grand marnier on top of the Irish cream liqueur.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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BLUEBERRY LEMON GINGER FIZZ 8 oz vodka

2 cups blueberries

2 bottles of ginger beer

3 sprigs of mint

2 tsp sugar

1 lemon

2 tsp ginger

In a bowl add blueberries, sugar, ginger, and a wedge of lemon juice. Mix well. In a cocktail shaker combine 1/3 cup of blueberry mix with chopped mint. Add 4 oz of vodka and muddle thoroughly. Add ice and shake. Pour into a pitcher. Add lemon slices, blueberries, and mint. Repeat with another cocktail shaker. Add ginger beer.

WHAT YOU NEED: snifter, ice cubes, bowl, pitcher, muddler, shaker Serves 3-5

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WHISKEY SOUR 1 1/2 oz whiskey

1 orange wedge

3/4 oz simple syrup

1 maraschino cherry

1 lemon wedge

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add whiskey, simple syrup and squeezed lemon juice.

Shake until chilled. Strain into ice filled old fashioned glass. Garnish with orange wedge and cherry.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, ice cubes, shaker

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LEMON DROP 1 lime wedge

1⁄4 oz lemon juice

1 1⁄2 oz vodka

1 tsp sugar

In a cocktail shaker add vodka, ice cubes, lemon juice and sugar. Shake well. Double strain the drink into shot glass. Garnish with lime.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, ice cubes, shaker, strainer Serves 1 shot

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MARGARITA SANGRIA 1 bottle dry white wine

1/2 cup lime juice

1 1/2 cup tequila

1 sliced orange

1 cup triple sec

2 sliced limes

1 cup orange juice

3 stems of cilantro

In a pitcher combine white wine, tequila, triple sec, orange juice and lime juice. Add the orange slices, lime slices, and cilantro. Chill for at least 2 hours. Serve over ice.

WHAT YOU NEED: snifter, ice cubes, salt, pitcher Serves 3-5

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MINT JULEP 2 1/2 oz bourbon

1/2 cup sugar

30–65 mint leaves

1/2 cup water

1 oz simple syrup

Simple Syrup: Bring water and sugar to a boil. Stir until sugar has completely dissolved. Place about 30 mint leaves in a heatproof container and pour the syrup over the leaves. Place mixture in the fridge and let the leaves steep in the syrup for at least one hour. Strain leaves from the liquid and set syrup aside.

Place 20-30 mint leaves in a cocktail shaker. Pour in bourbon and one ounce of simple syrup. Top with ice cubes and stir. Fill highball glass halfway with crushed ice. Strain liquid from cocktail shaker into the glass. Garnish with a few mint leaves.

WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass, ice cubes, crushed ice, shaker

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BLACK ROSE 3/4 oz tequila rose

3/4 oz black vodka

Pour tequila rose into a shot glass. Float vodka on top.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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SUMMER

60

Raspberry Lemon-cello

63

Long Island Iced Tea

64

Melon Ball

67

Spritzer Cocktail

68

Old Fashion

71

4th of July

72

B-Day Cake Martini

75

Mojito

76

After Five 59

RASPBERRY LEMONCELLO 3 cups chilled prosecco

1 cup frozen raspberries

1 cup chilled limoncello liqueur

6 sprigs of mint

In a pitcher whisk together prosecco and limoncello. Serve over raspberries. Garnish with mint.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, pitcher Serves 2-4

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LONG ISLAND ICED TEA 1 bag half & half iced tea & lemonade

2 oz vodka

2 cups boiling water

4 oz triple sec

16 oz brewed half & half iced tea & lemonade

2 oz cola

2 oz gin

2 oz sparkling water

2 oz dark rum

2 lemon wedges

Add boiling water and tea bag to measuring glass. Steep 8 minutes. Squeeze and remove tea bag. Let cool. In a large pitcher stir together tea concentrate, gin, rum, vodka and triple sec. Stir. Fill a large glass with ice. Add about 6-ounces of tea/ lemonade. Add cola and sparkling water to each glass. Garnish with lemon wedges.

WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass, ice cubes, pitcher, liquid measuring cup Serves 2-4

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MELON BALL 1/4 oz melon liqueur

1/2 oz vodka

1/4 oz pineapple juice

Pour melon liqueur, pineapple juice and vodka into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a shot glass.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, ice cubes, shaker Serves 1 shot

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SPRITZER COCKTAIL 1/3 part whipped vodka

1/3 cup raspberries

1/3 part blue curacao

1 splash of club soda

1/3 part grenadine

Carefully pour whipped vodka, blue curacao and grenadine separately into old fashioned glass. Add ice and raspberries to garnish. Top with club soda.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, ice cubes

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OLD FASHIONED 2 oz bourbon

1 orange slice

1 1/2 tsp simple syrup

1 maraschino cherry

2-3 dashes of bitters

Combine bourbon, simple syrup and bitters in a glass. Stir well. Add ice, orange slice and maraschino cherry. Let the drink sit for a few minutes, or give it a little shake to let the flavors of the orange and cherry seep into the bourbon.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, ice cubes, bar spoon

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4TH OF JULY 1/2 oz grenadine

1/2 oz vodka

1/2 oz blue curacao

Pour grenadine into a shot glass. Float blue curacao on top of the grenadine. Float vodka on top of the curacao.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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B-DAY CAKE MARTINI 2 oz whipped vodka

2 oz half and half

1 1/2 oz amaretto

1 tsp honey

1 oz white chocolate liqueur

2 tbsp sprinkles

In one shallow plate add honey. In the other, add sprinkles. Rim the edge of a martini glass first in honey and then in sprinkles. Set aside. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice combine vodka, amaretto, white chocolate liqueur and half and half. Shake well.

Strain into your prepared martini glass.

WHAT YOU NEED: martini glass, ice cubes, shaker, two shallow plates

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MOJITO 2 tbsp sugar

1 oz white rum

3 lime wedges

1 splash mineral water

1 lemon wedge

8 mint leaves

Combine sugar, 2 lime wedges, mint leaves and white rum in a cocktail shaker. Add mineral water. Muddle the ingredients together. Add more mineral water and strain into a highball glass with ice. Garnish with lime.

WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass, shaker, muddler

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AFTER FIVE 1/2 oz coffee liqueur

1/2 oz peppermint schnapps

1/2 oz Irish cream liqueur

Pour coffee liqueur into a shot glass. Float Irish cream on top of the coffee liqueur.

Float peppermint schnapps on top of the Irish cream.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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FALL

80

Red Sangria

83

Daiquiri

84

B-52

87

The Raven

88

Bloody Mary

91

Candy Corn

92

Cranberry Whiskey

95

White Russian

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Washington Apple 79

RED SANGRIA 1 bottle dry white wine

2 cups ginger ale

1 cup light rum

1 cup sliced strawberries

2 cups cranberry juice

½ cup blueberries

2 cups orange juice

In a large pitcher combine white wine, rum and fruit juices. Add sliced fruit and blueberries. Chill the pitcher in the freezer for at least 2 hours so the fruit can infuse the sangria. Once the sangria is chilled, add ginger ale just before pouring to keep it bubbly. Garnish with sliced strawberry.

WHAT YOU NEED: snifter, pitcher Serves 3-5

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DAIQUIRI 2 oz white rum

3/4 oz simple syrup

3/4 oz lime juice

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add rum, lime juice and simple syrup. Shake well. Strain into a chilled high ball glass WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass (chilled), ice cubes, shaker

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B-52 1/2 oz coffee liqueur

1/2 oz orange liqueur

1/2 oz Irish cream liqueur

Pour coffee liqueur into a shot glass. Float Irish cream liqueur on top. Float grand marnier on top of the Irish cream layer.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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THE RAVEN 1 oz vodka

1 oz blue curacao

1 oz rum

1/2 oz chambord

Pour vodka, rum and blue curacao into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Slowly pour chambord over the back of a bar spoon so it floats on top.

WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass, ice cubes, shaker, bar spoon

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BLOODY MARY 1 qt tomato juice

1 tbsp lime juice

1 cup vodka

1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

1 tbsp worcestershire sauce

1 celery stalk

Combine tomato juice, vodka, worcestershire sauce, lime juice and tabasco sauce in a pitcher. Stir well. Serve over ice. Garnish with celery stalk.

WHAT YOU NEED: highball glass, ice cubes Serves 4-6

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CANDY CORN 1/3 oz galliano

1/3 oz cream

1/3 oz orange curacao

Pour galliano into a shot glass. Float orange curacao on top. Float cream on top of the orange curacao.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, bar spoon Serves 1 shot

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CRANBERRY WHISKEY 1 oz whiskey

1 oz cranberry juice

1 oz ginger ale

1/3 cup cranberries

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice combine whiskey, ginger ale and cranberry juice.

Shake well. Strain over ice into an old fashioned glass. Garnish with cranberries.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, ice cubes, shaker

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WHITE RUSSIAN 2 oz vodka

1 oz light cream

1 oz kahlua

Combine vodka, kahlua and ice in an old fashioned glass. Stir. Float light cream on top of the mixture.

WHAT YOU NEED: old fashioned glass, ice cubes, bar spoon

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WASHINGTON APPLE 1/2 oz whiskey

1/2 oz cranberry juice

1/2 oz sour apple pucker

1 apple slice

Combine whiskey, sour apple pucker, cranberry juice and ice in a shaker. Shake well.

Strain into a shot glass. Garnish with an apple slice.

WHAT YOU NEED: shot glass, ice cubes, shaker Serves 1 shot

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INDEX # 4th of July 71

A After Five 76

B B-52 84

B-Day Cake Martini 72

Bartender’s Tool Box 10 Berry Red Sangria 47

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Black Rose 56

Bloody Mary 88

Blue Lemon Fizz 80

C Candy Cane 20 Candy Corn 91 Champagne Punch 27 Cranberry Whiskey 92

D Daiquiri 83

Dry Martini 28

G Glassware 12

H Hot Toddy 23

I Ice 14 Irish Flag 44

L

O

Lemon Drop 51

Old Fashion 68

Long Island Iced Tea 63

M Manhattan 43

R

Whiskey Sour 48

The Raven 87

Woo Woo 36

Melon Ball 64

S

Mojito 75

Washington Apple 96 White Russian 95

Red Valentine 32

Mint Julep 55

W

Raspberry Lemon-cello 60

Margarita Sangria 52 Mint Ginger Melon 40

Spritzer Cocktail 67

Z Z-28 31

Side Car 35 Simple Syrup 17 Snowball 24

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“Some very unique cocktails in this book! I love the way it’s grouped by season and it has some amazing imagery. The theme that is carried throughout the book is gorgeous.”

- ANDY FELICIOTTI , Amazon “This is one of the best cocktail books I have bought.

Love the recipes, the photos, the simplicity of the drinks. Definitely giving it to all my friends and family who love making drinks.”

- B. PARSONS , eBay