An opinionated, illustrated guide for cocktail beginners, covering
the basics of spirits plus making and drinking cocktails, written by
celebrated craft cocktail bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler.
This easy-reading, colorful introduction for cocktail beginners, with
approximately 100 succinct lessons on drinking culture, spirits, and
cocktail making, is delivered in the pithy, wry style Morgenthaler is
known for in his instructional videos and writing for beverage
publications. Novices will learn how to order a drink, how to drink with
the boss, how to drink at the airport, and more. Twelve perfect starter
recipes--ranging from a Dry Gin Martini to a Batched Old-Fashioned
(perfect for the flask)--plus thirty original illustrations round out
this distillation for new enthusiasts.