Nothing like a good book to guide you through a cocktail - The Vancouver Sun

Nothing like a good book to guide you through a cocktail

Here’s a handful of great guides that will get you started on creating the essential bar library

Sometimes, the most intoxicating thing about a drink is not its alcoholic content.

Sometimes, what makes a drink such a delightful experience is its history, the story of the people who created it or the mouth-watering description of how it’s made.

That’s why your most important bar tools are not just the Hawthorn strainer and Boston shaker, but the books that guide you through the world of spirits, cocktails, wine, whisky and beer.

Some of the books they mention, w/o their nice writeup, are:

• Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible
• The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd Edition
• The World Atlas of Wine: Completely Revised and Updated, Sixth Edition (World Atlas of Wine)
• The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes
• Mr. Boston Platinum Edition: 1,500 Recipes, Tools, and Techniques for the Master Mixologist
• Complete Book of Mixed Drinks, The (Revised Edition): More Than 1,000 Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Cocktails
• The Savoy Cocktail Book