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"   The Cocktail Club: A Year of Recipes and Tips for Spirited Tasting Parties Using a format reminiscent of a book club, wine and cocktail expert Maureen Christian Petrosky compiled this guide to appreciating and trying cocktails in a group setting. It&amp;#039;s a fun read broken up by month, complete with recipes for drinks and food pairings. &amp;quot;You just have to keep tasting to find out for yourself&amp;quot; what you like, Petrosky says. &amp;quot;They way the book is set up, it encourages you to get your hands in there and try making drinks yourself. And whenever you do something yourself you always learn more!&amp;quot;  The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World&amp;#039;s First Classic Cocktail, with Recipes and Lore Hardcover This complete history of one of the world&amp;#039;s oldest cocktails includes 50 recipes for classic variations and modern twists. Written by New York Times spirit columnist Robert Simonson, the book explores recipes for versions like the Clint Eastwood (with green Chartruse), Absinthe Old-Fashioned, and the Bartender (with Fernet Branca). We practically guarantee you&amp;#039;ll be able to find a version of this delicious classic cocktail that appeals to you.  The 12 Bottle Bar: A Dozen Bottles. Hundreds of Cocktails. A New Way to Drink Husband-and-wife authors and cocktail lovers David Solmonson and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson started with an innovative idea. Could one create a complete home bar with just 12 bottles? In this book, they argue that indeed it can be and offer instructions for mixing sours, toddies, Manhattans, mint juleps, and more, using just their limited inventory. There are some surprises\u2014genever made the cut but tequila didn&amp;#039;t\u2014and each spirit gets its own chapter. See if their approach works for you!   Gin &amp;amp;amp; Tonic: The Complete Guide for the Perfect Mix Is there a more quintessentially summer drink than the gin and tonic? Authors Fr\u00E9d\u00E9ric Du Bois and Isabel Boons delve into which tonic mixes best with which gin, which garnish is most suitable, and explain the history of this classic cocktail. They describe more than than 60 gins and 20 tonics in detail and offer their suggestions for recipe pairings and must-visit bars around the world.  Alchemy in a Glass: The Essential Guide to Handcrafted Cocktails Greg Seider offers more than 50 recipes for cocktails, punches, spirit infusions, bitters, and tinctures in this guide, which features beautiful photographs by Noah Fecks. We especially like his guide to &amp;quot;Constructing the Cocktail,&amp;quot; which offers step-by-step instructions on how to build a perfect drink.  The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique  This book, by Oregon-based bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler, breaks down mixology into three phases; the first third is about prep (making juices, syrups, bitters, and ice), the second section is about measuring and mixing drinks, and the last section explores how the drink should be finished and served. It&amp;#039;s a new, unique, way of looking at the topic.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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