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Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail B-MJAC-1 Click Here

$ 17.95

Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail
Have ever wondered about the history behind classic Cocktails like the Gimlet, Singapore Sling, Bellini, Punch, or the Pina Colada? Did you know that simple syrup really isn’t? Have you ever heard about Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters and what Peychaud had to do with coining the term “Cocktail” all from a Peychaud descrendant? The Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail explores these fascinating subjects and more in its inaugural volume. Written by some of the world’s outstanding scholars in the field of Cocktailiana, Mixologist presents never-before-published, well-researched papers that explore one of the richest American icons – the Cocktail.

Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail, Vol.2 B-MJAC-2 Click Here

$ 17.95

Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail, Vol.2
The Journal of The Amercan Cocktail forcuses on the origins of the word "Cocktail" and the procession of bartending with eleven new articles. This second volume of Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail features works by noted cocktail authorities Christine Sismondo, Robert Hess, Gary Regan, LeNell Smothers, Gwydion Stone, Audrey Saunders, Dale DeGroff, Ryan Magarian, Darcy O'Neil, Jared Brown, and Anistatia Miller.

Punch Book B-PUNCH Click Here

$ 23.95

Punch

The delights (and dangers) of the flowing bowl! An anecdotal history of the original monarch of mixed drinks. With more than forty historic recipes, fully annotated. And a complete course in the lost art of compounding punch. 296 page Hardback.

Imbibe Book B-IMBIBE Click Here

$ 23.95

Imbibe!

From Absinthe cocktail to Whiskey Smash, salute in stories and drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, pioneer of the American bar. Featuring the original formulae for 100 classic American drinks and a selection of new drinks contributed in his honor by the leading mixologists of our time. 317 page Hardback book.

The Craft of Cocktail B-TCOTC Click Here

$ 35.00

The Craft of Cocktail
Everything you need to know to be a master bartender, with 500 recipes

Cocktails are bigger than ever, and this is the first real cookbook for them, convering the entire breadth of this rich subject. The Craft of the Cocktail The Craft of The Cocktail provides much more than merely the same old recipes: it delves into history, personalities, and anecdotes; it shows you how to set up a bar, master important techniques, and use tools correctly; and it delivers unique concoctions, many featuring Dale Degroff's signature use of fresh juices, as well as all the classics.

The Craft of the Cocktail Deck CD-TCOTC Click Here

$ 14.95

The Craft of the Cocktail Deck

Two parts distinctive drinks, one part technique, with a garnish of potent personality..This deck includes fifty fabulous cocktail recipes created by the King of Cocktails Dale DeGroff. Divided into easy-to-reference tabbed sections for Martinis, Frozen Cocktails, Inspired Classics, and DeGroff's special Signature Classics, this deck also includes bartending tips for preparing mixing, and serving drinks in style.

A Little Book of Liquid Elegance Click Here

$ 9.95

A Little Book of Liquid Elegance

The "Just" little book series is written by celebrity mixologist, Cheryl Charming aka Miss Charming™. They are beautifully photographed, filled with drink making techniques, and peppered with tidbits of history and trivia. Buy one, two, three, or all four!

A Little Book of Elegance Just Martinis
A Little Book of Elegance Just Tropical Drinks
A Little Book of Liquid Paradise Just Margaritas & Sangrias
A Little Book of Liquid Sunshine Just Shots

Left Coast Libations B-LCL Click Here

$ 24.95

Left Coast Libations
The Left Coast Libations Art of West Coast Bartending: 100 Original Cocktails by Ted Munat with Michael Lazar

Left Coast Libations proposes that the creation of great cocktails is a never-ending process, and that any recipe book is merely the tip of the iceberg. Therefore, this is not only a book of recipes, but also a portal into a community. This Left Coast Libations book provides invaluable information on topics such as what people ought to know about ice (and don't) and what role egg whites can have in a drink. The mouth-watering recipes and lush photographs featured here will make readers excited to create the amazing cocktails of professional mixologists.

The Joy of Mixology B-JOM Click Here

$ 30.00

The Joy of Mixology

From the author of The Bartender's Bible -- a man who's spent more than 35 years behind bars -- The Joy of Mixology is a definitive and indispensable reference for the true cocktailian bartender.

Mr. Boston Platinum Edition B-MRBP Click Here

$ 19.95

Mr. Boston Platinum Edition
1,500 Recipes, Tools, and Techniques for the Master Mixologist
America's Favorite Drink Mixing Guide Goes Platinum
Mr. Boston raises the bar with this distinctive platinum edition of America'sbest-selling drink mixing bible. This expanded guide offers up: 1,500 drink recipes, Trade tips from mixology masters, Tools, techniques, and garnishes, Distilled spirits, beers, and wines, and much more. Hardcover. 290 pages.

Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails B-MB-HC Click Here

$ 15.95

Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails
Every recipe has been carefully composed
This will help to get the festivities rolling with celebratory recipes from the best cocktail creators in the country
Mr. Boston is widely recognized for putting the expertise of world-class mixologists at the fingertips of every home bartender. Now, in Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails, America’s favorite drink-mixing guide helps every host add sparkle to holiday entertaining year round from hot winter toddies to chilled sips for the dog days of summer.

The Essential Cocktail B-TEC Click Here

$ 35.00

The Essential Cocktail
The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks

Dale DeGroff is widely regarded as the world's foremost mixologist. Hailed by the New York Times as "single-handedly responsible for what's been called the cocktail renaissance," he earned his reputation during his twelve years at the fashionable Promenade Bar in New York City's Rainbow Room.

The Essential Cocktail features only those drinks that stand out for thier flavor, interesting formula, or distinctive technique. These are the very ones every amateur and professional bartender must know, the martini's, sours, highballs, tropicals, punches, sweets, and classics, both old and new, that form the core of a connoisseur's repertoire. 243 pages, hardback

Organic, Shaken and Stirred: Hip Highballs B-OSS Click Here

$ 19.95

Organic, Shaken and Stirred
Hip highballs, modern martinis, and other totally green cocktails

The cutting edge in cocktail creation is organic. In this Organic, Shaken and Stirred by Paul Abercrombie you will find dozens of fantastic formulations using organic spirits and other tasty natural ingredients. It is the modern way to have your drink and help save the planet. Paul Ambercrombie has collected drink recipes from mixologists around the country and provided a great index of organic sprits and mixes. This Organic, Shaken and Stirred provided a fun well thought out collection of hedonistic concoctions that take advantage of why you want to drink organic in the first place.

Artisanal Cocktails B-AC Click Here

$ 30.00

Artisanal Cocktails
Drinks inspired by the Seasons from the Bar at Cyrus

Scott Beattie has created a feast for the senses. His seasonal collection of gorgeous cocktails goes beyond artisanal and well into obsession. Each concoction is crafted with balance, texture, beauty, and innovation, right down to the last perfect ice cube. 150 pages, hardback

DIY Cocktials B-DIY Click Here

$ 16.95

DIY Cocktials:

A SIMPLE GUIDE TO CREATING YOUR OWN SIGNATURE DRINKS

Now the editors of Drink of the Week have concocted the only simple guide to teach you to create your own custom signature cocktails. Using a simple system of basic ten ratios, you will shake, stir, roll, and build literally thousands of unique and exceptional cocktails. With this DIY Cocktails book you will learn to...

Bartending Basics B-BARB Click Here

$ 15.95

Bartending Basics
More then 400 classic and contemporary cocktails for any occasion.
For centuries, tending bar has held a fascination for many. Whatever your plans, Knack Bartending Basics will allow you to instantly master more than 400 cocktails, including classics such as Maragaritas, Martinis, Vodka Gimlets, Mai-Tais and Mojoitos.

This step-by-step, picture driven apprach that focuses on the basics also offers plenty more to those wanting to set the bar high.

The Original Guide to American Cocktails B-BCD Click Here

$ 24.95

The Original Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks
You don't have to be an expert to make great drinks, just have the best drink guide. You will find dozens of infusions, 294 shooter drinks, 249 blended and ice cream drinks, 214 tropical drinks, and 256 Martinis and Manhattons. This fourth edition also includes over 100 champagne drinks, a lot more Bloody Mary variations, 45 mixed beer drinks, 22 Long Island Iced Teas, plus much more.

Original Alcohol-Free Drink Guide B-ALF Click Here

$ 15.95

The Original Guide to Alcohol-Free Beverages and Drinks
Inside you will find over 400 of the most creative and delicious alcohol-free drink recipes ever compiled into one collection. The recipes span the breadth of alcohol-free mixology, plus hot coffee, tea and cocoa specialties, ice cream drinks and specialties made with lemonade, juices and sparkling cider.

The Original Pocket Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks B-TPG Click Here

$ 14.95

The Original Pocket Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks
There's Never Been a More Complete Drink Recipe Guide.
You don't have to be an expert to make great drinks, just have the best drink guide.

Here's where you'll find all of the latest, best tasting drink recipes that you've been looking for, all in a handy pocket size guide! Inside there's over 300 martinis and manhattans, dozens of infusions, over 100 champagne drinks and 300 shooters. All the updated classics are included: 250+ tropical drinks, over 300 blended and ice cream drinks, more than 27 Long Island Ice Teas, lots of Bloody Mary variations, plus much more. 145 reviews of the hotest products on the market today, including tasting notes and product profiles. These are the liqours and liqueurs you need to know to be the hippest host and to make great drinks. And this guide is completely cross indexed, alowing you to look up drinks by a number or different ways, virtually gauranteeing that you'll find the drink you want, making you the star of the show.

101 Champagne Cocktails B-101CC Click Here

$ 16.95

101 Champagne Cocktails
Corks popping, frothy liquid flowing, a cold crispy freshness... nothing quite so perfectly reflects the notion of "the best in life." This book is for celebrants. It's a book for romantics. It's a book for the entertainer who wants a light , fresh concoction that can bring people together to accent the joys of the day. So break out the bubbly and toast! 128 pages, hard back.

Difford's Encyclopedia of Cocktails 2,600 recipes B-DEC Click Here

$ 45.00

difford Encyclopedia of Cocktails 2,600 recipes

Difford's Encyclopedia of Cocktails
In this book you will find more than 2600 cocktail recipes, each accompanied by a full-color photograph. This is the most useful encyclopedic guide to cocktails classic and modern ever published. No metropolitan martini bar or home cocktail cabinet should be without it!

Preggatinis B-PRG Click Here

$ 16.95

Preggatinis
75 liquid escapades for moms to be. Things move quickly in the cocktail fast lane, but grind to a halt when pregnancy kicks in. But even sporting a "baby bump," modern moms can stay in the social swing of things with "Preggatinis," a one of a kind collection of lip smacking, liquorless libations designed by master mixologist Natalie Bovis-Nelsen, aka "The Liquid Muse." 149 pages, softback book.

Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide B-JTBG Click Here

$9.99

Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide - 1887 Reprint
How to mix all kinds, plain and fancy. drinks. This book contains clear and reliable directions for mixing all the beverages used in the United States, together with the most popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish recipes; embracing punches, juleps, cobblers, etc in endless variety.

Boothbys 1934 Reprint B-BWD Click Here

$10.99

Boothbys World Drinks and How to Mix Them - 1934 Reprint
This book was written by "Cocktail" Bill Boothby, once a minstrel performer, then San Francisco bartender and author of "American Bar-Tender", and finally California Assemblyman. This 1934 book with over 150 mixed drinks, first published right after prohibition, is fantastic as an "unabridged encyclopedia of all popular beverages".

Angostra Bitters 1908 Reprint B-ABDG Click Here

$7.99

Dr. Siegert's Angostra Bitters Drink Guide - 1908 Reprint
This book was most likely a promotional piece, and so it has over 200 recipes (with and without bitters) of food and cocktails. Since it was made to be popular, it features only the most popular drinks at the time like Mamie Taylor, Whiskey Smash, and Gin Sour. It is a great book to date cocktails as they emerged or disappeared from favor.

Waldorf Astoria 1935 Reprint B-OWABB Click Here

$7.99

The Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book - 1935 Reprint
The Old Waldorf hotel was built next door to William Astor's aunt, on the present day spot on the Empire State Building, because of a dispute with her. When she moved uptown the Old Waldorf Hotel joined with the Astoria hotel by a structure known as Peacock Alley, becoming eventually one entity. As for drinks, the Waldorf Astoria is said to have been location for the invention of the Bronx and popularizer of the Old Fashioned.

Shake em Up 1930 Reprint B-SEU Click Here

$8.99

Shake 'Em Up! - 1930 Reprint
Nothing like being banned to really make a book exciting! Printed 3 years before prohibition was repealed, this book has page 68 removed at the request of United States Attorney because it featured a recipe on how to make Gin!

Bar La Florida Cocktails 1935 Reprint B-BLFC Click Here

$8.99

Bar La Florida Cocktails 1935 Reprint B-BLFC

Bar La Florida Cocktails - 1935 Reprint
La Florida Bar, also known as the "Floridita", invented the Daiquiri. And even if they didn't as some may claim that in fact it was American mining engineers drinking at the Venus bar in Santiago that invented it, La Florida Bar made it famous, with a little help from papa...

Fine Art Mixing Drinks Reprint B-FAMD Click Here

$29.95

Fine Art Mixing Drinks - 1948 Reprint
Since its appearance sixty years ago, This book has become, in an exceedingly crowded field, an undisputed classic. Its essential truths have stood the passage of time, and the authors subtle, sly humor is as seductive as ever. Embury was probably the most important cocktailian author of the twentieth century. At a time when the craft of mixology could have fizzled out and been lost to the world, he was the guy who took drinks apart, examined their inner souls, and carefully reassembled them. Hardback, 368 pages

Brief History of Wine V-AAE43694 Click Here

$ 29.95

A Brief History of Wine
Take a tippler's tour through seven thousand years of mankind's favorite beverage. 100 Minutes - NTSC only

Saloons V-AAE43242 Click Here

$ 24.95

Saloons
From frontier mining camps to computerized dispensing systems, trace the evolution of the local watering hole. 50 Minutes - NTSC only

Brewed in America V-AAE40239 Click Here

$ 24.95

Brewed in America
From colonial brewmasters to today's micro-brews, Anheuser-Busch to the trials of Prohibition, trace the fascinating history of American brewing. 50 Minutes - NTSC only

Gallo Brothers V-AAE17447 Click Here

$ 19.95

Gallo Brothers
From the unknown, third Gallo brother to the marketing machine that sells to 86 countries, this is the complete story of the men behind the largest winery in the world. 50 Minutes

DVD- Modern Mixology DVD-MMIX Click Here

$19.95

DVD Video

Modern Mixology DVD
Making great cocktails at home with Tony Abou-Ganim as he show the tool of the trade and how to use them what you need to stock your own bar and all the secrets of mixing great drinks at home. Be it a classic Manhattan, a Mojito, or one of his originals, Tony will show you how easy it is to craft these wonderful libations. From shaking to stirring, muddling to blending, you will learn every thing you need to know to set up and tend your home bar.

Special Features

Tony Bio

Featured Spirits

Cocktail Recipes

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