The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mixing Drinks
Contents at a Glance
Part 1: Belly Up to the Bar!
1 What to Drink and Why
Why, what, and how should you drink?
2 Acting Like an Adult: Responsible Drinking and Responsible Bartending
What happens when you drink, how to prevent a hangover,
and how to serve and consume liquor responsibly.
3 Chemistry 101, History 101: A Short Course in Alcohol
The biochemistry of alcohol (abridged version) and the history
of spirits (even more abridged).
4 Of Ponies, Garbage, and Garnishes: The Basic Equipment of Bartending
What the home bar and bartender need, including glassware,
garnishes, mixers, and spirits.
5 Mixology Demystified: Secrets of Measuring, Mixing, and Pouring
How to stir, shake, measure, and move like a pro.
Part 2: Clear Choices
6 Brother Juniper: The Joys of Gin
A guide to choosing the right gin and making great gin-based
drinks with it.
7 Na Zdorovye!: The Vorld of Vodka
The history and connoisseurship of the “great white spirit,”
together with a catalog of vodka-based drinks.
8 The Silver Bullet
The complete martini.
Part 3: Whiskey World
9 Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey: Produce of the Bluegrass and
Volunteer States
What you need to know about bourbon and Tennessee
Whiskey, including the great drinks they are part of.
10 ’Round the Blend: Canadian and American Blended Whiskeys
Secrets of blended whiskey, beginning with why Canadians
left out the “e” and ending with whiskey drinks both new and
old.
11 Comin’ Through the Rye: Enjoying The Drinker’s Drink
Learning to live with the “black sheep” of the whiskey family.
12 Scotch Snobs and Irish Spirits: Blends and Single Malts
Scotch: history, varieties, connoisseurship, and mixed-drink
repertoire.
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