This slim volume contains recipes for 173 of Tom Bullock's most famous and popular cocktails. Perhaps best known for mixing a Mint Julep so delicious that it was once the basis of a libel suit involving Theodore Roosevelt, Tom Bullock was the beloved and highly esteemed head bartender at the St. Louis Country Club during the American cocktail renaissance in the years before prohibition. Valuable as a mixological reference as well as a historic document, Tom Bullock's "The Ideal Bartender" is a remarkable volume and a must-have for anyone who strives to craft the finest cocktails.

Dive into an opulent universe of punches, cobblers, toddies, slings, sours and a host of other classic old-world cocktails Legendary bartender Jerry Thomas (1832-1885) whose name was once synonymous with quality in the world of high-end drink, compiled this seminal volume in 1862. In doing so, he codified the concoctions that have become the backbone of high-end bars around the world Often lauded as the father of mixology, Jerry Thomas, in addition to penning this book (the first drink book ever published in America), popularized inventive drinks and elevated the practice of bartending...

This slim volume contains recipes for 173 of Tom Bullock's most famous and popular cocktails. Perhaps best known for mixing a Mint Julep so delicious that it was once the basis of a libel suit involving Theodore Roosevelt, Tom Bullock was the beloved and highly esteemed head bartender at the St. Louis Country Club during the American cocktail renaissance in the years before prohibition. Valuable as a mixological reference as well as a historic document, Tom Bullock's "The Ideal Bartender" is a remarkable volume and a must-have for anyone who strives to craft the finest cocktails.

Vintage cocktail recipes for the modern bartending enthusiast

Compiled by the mysterious and mightily talented Frank Meier, who could be found behind the bar at the Paris Ritz in his trademark white jacket from 1921 to 1947, "The Artistry of Mixing Drinks" is a one-of-a-kind drink book. Nearly as famous for his sharp wit as he was for his delicious and well-balanced cocktails, Meier honed his skills working for Harry Craddock in New York before moving to the Paris Ritz where he mixed drinks for such icons as Franklin Roosevelt, Noel Coward, Hemingway, and Cole Porter.

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