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Help me learn to make cocktails

sahar

By sahar
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EvergreenDan

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I recommend that you buy "The Joy of Mixology" by Gary (aka Gaz) Regan. It has a great intro and also presents a methodology for organizing recipes into families to make them easier to understand and remember.

 

Also, "The Essential Bartender's Guide" by Robert Hess is a spiral bound (lay-flat) book with lots of simple recipes in an attractive format.

 

For shakers, I recommend that you call The Boston Shaker in Somerville MA. They can help set you up with good basic bar tools. I am still using the tools that they originally recommended for me, with one exception. I now use two metal "tins" to form a Boston Shaker as I find them easier to open that one metal tin and a pint glass. They also recommended these two books to me (which they also sell).

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Kindred Cocktails | Craft + Collect + Concoct + Categorize + Community

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Alex

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If you wanted to save some money, at least at first, you could start with this and a Mason jar.

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Anna N

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 Well you could start right here

 

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...I just let people know about something I made for supper that they might enjoy, too. That's all it is. (Nigel Slater)

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Anna N

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47 minutes ago, Smokeydoke said:

 

The thread is closed. Any chance you'll start another one? I'd love to join in. I'm dabbling in cocktails myself.

Not really closed. 

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Anna Nielsen aka "Anna N"

...I just let people know about something I made for supper that they might enjoy, too. That's all it is. (Nigel Slater)

"Cooking is about doing the best with what you have . . . and succeeding." John Thorne

Our 2012 (Kerry Beal and me) Blog

My 2004 eG Blog

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