Synopses & Reviews
This "bar bible" provides recipes for mixing the perfect drink, classical or exotic, and offers tips on serving it correctly.
Whether you're celebrating a special occasion or just relaxing with a cocktail, let world-renowned bartender Charles Schumann be your guide to mixing masterful libations. American Bar the most authoritative cocktail book ever published provides all the information the cocktail lover or professional bartender needs to serve up the perfect drink. Inside American Bar you'll find:
- Recipes for more than 500 drinks, listed alphabetically
- An easy-to-use drink index arranged by drink categories
- The fascinating history and names of leading brands of all the major cocktail components
- A handy guide to bartending equipment
- A glossary of international bar terms and measurements
Illustrated with hundreds of delightful 1930s-style line drawings by Günter Mattei, this exceptionally handsome book is an indispensable companion to home or professional entertaining.
Synopsis
Whether you're celebrating a special occasion or just relaxing with a cocktail, let world-renowned bartender Charles Schumann be your guide to mixing masterful libations. American Bar the most authoritative cocktail book ever published provides all the information the cocktail lover or professional bartender needs to serve up the perfect drink. Inside American Bar you'll find:
Recipes for more than 500 drinks, listed alphabetically
An easy-to-use drink index arranged by drink categories
The fascinating history and names of leading brands of all the major cocktail components
A handy guide to bartending equipment
A glossary of international bar terms and measurements
Illustrated with hundreds of delightful 1930s-style line drawings by Gunter Mattei, this exceptionally handsome book is an indispensable companion to home or professional entertaining."
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 390) and index.
About the Author
Charles Schumann has been a bartender for more than twenty years, the last ten as proprietor of Schumann's in Munich. He is the author of Schumann's Bar Book and Schumann's Tropical Bar Book.