Ginger Bliss and the Violet Fizz: A Cocktail Lover's Guide to Mixing Drinks Using New and Classic LiqueursMixologist, raconteur, and author A. J. Rathbun returns with the newest addition to his spirits collection. Following in the tradition of his previous cocktail books, Ginger Bliss and the Violet Fizz features 200 recipes that demystify all manner of liquors and liqueurs, focusing both on the drinks of old, made popular during the early twentieth century, as well as on more contemporary concoctions. Like a good gathering, the book includes a mix of lively, vivacious stories and sidebars along with serious cocktail knowledge that will appeal to newly minted mixologists as well as to seasoned pros. Chapters are organized by flavor profile and cover citrus, floral, fruity, herbal, nutty, spicy, sweet, and vermouth-based. This hybrid approach to old and new includes a breadth of information and recipes not typically found in modern cocktail books, with historical cocktail appeal that's fun to read. |
Contents
1 How to Enter the World of Liqueurs and Vermouths | 1 |
2 A Liquid Citrus Circus | 23 |
3 A Bouquet of Lovely Liqueurs | 53 |
4 If Youre Feeling Fruity | 79 |
5 Take Your Herbal Medicine | 121 |
6 Its a Nutty Nutty World | 165 |
7 The Spice of the Drinking Life | 185 |
8 The Justice League of Vermouths | 227 |
9 Heres to You Sweets | 255 |
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Back Flap | 293 |
Back Cover | 294 |
Spine | 295 |
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½ OUNCE 1½ OUNCES GIN 34 OUNCE absinthe Add the gin ANGOSTURA BITTERS anisette Aperol bartenders Bénédictine bottle Campari Chartreuse CHILLED CLUB SODA citrus club soda cocktail glass cocktail shaker halfway Cognac Cointreau cracked ice cream crème de cacao crème de cassis crème Yvette CUBES 1½ OUNCES curaçao Cynar DASH Dubonnet Fernet-Branca Fill a cocktail Fill a highball flavor fresh FRESHLY SQUEEZED LEMON FRESHLY SQUEEZED LIME fruit full with cracked full with ice GARNISH GIN 1 OUNCE GINGER BLISS glass three-quarters full Grand Marnier herbal highball glass ICE 1½ OUNCES ICE CUBES 1½ ingredients Italian LEMON TWIST Lillet liqueur LIQUEUR SPOTLIGHT maraschino liqueur nutty ORANGE BITTERS orange slice OUNCE CRÈME OUNCE FRESHLY SQUEEZED pineapple recipe SECOND NOTE shaker halfway full shaker or mixing simple syrup spices SQUEEZED LEMON JUICE SQUEEZED LIME JUICE Strain the mixture SWEET VERMOUTH SYRUP PAGE 12 taste tequila VIOLET FIZZ vodka