The bar book: elements of cocktail technique

Written by renowned bartender and cocktail blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler, The Bar Book is the only technique-driven cocktail handbook out there. This indispensable guide breaks down bartending into essential techniques, and then applies them to building the best drinks. More than 60 recipes illustrate the concepts explored in the text, ranging from juicing, garnishing, carbonating, stirring, and shaking to choosing the correct ice for proper chilling and dilution of a drink. With how-to photography to provide inspiration and guidance, this book breaks new ground for the home cocktail enthusiast.

Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Why I Make Cocktails, and Why I Wrote this Book; Any Good Cocktail Needs These Three Elements; I'Ve Organized the Book the Way I Build My Cocktails; Chapter No 1 Citrus Juice; Choosing your Fruit; Buying in Bulk; How Much Juice Can you Expect?; Choosing the Right Juicer; Hand Presses; Mechanical Presses; Electric Presses; Bartender's Choice: Electric Juicer; Juicing Technique; Cutting Your Fruit for Juicing; How to Juice Citrus Fruit with a Hand Press; How to Juice in Volume; How Long Will Citrus Juice Stay Fresh?

Getting the Most from your CitrusCitrus Profiles; Daiquiri No. 3; Chapter No 2 Other Juices; Types of Juicers; Food Mill; Food Processor; Juice Extractor; Bartender's Choice: Breville Juice Fountain Elite; Improvisational Juice Extraction; Strainer Method; Macgyver Centrifuge Method; Apple Juice; Equipment for Making Apple Cider; Picking Apples for Juicing; Apple Blend; Keeping the Juice Fresh; Should you Worry About the Seeds?; Flannel Shirt; Pineapple Juice; Picking Pineapples for Juicing; Kingston Club; Tomato Juice; The San Marzano Hoax; Pomegranate Juice; Picking a Pomegranate

How to Juice a PomegranateKeeping the Fru…