Product Description

The first annual volume of Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail was published in April 2005 and featured works by noted cocktail authorities Dave Wondrich, Ted Haigh, Robert Hess, Gary Regan, Jared Brown, Lowell Edmunds, Paul Clarke, Audrey Saunders, Phil Greene, Anistatia Miller, and Darcy O'Neil. The never-before-published articles presented in this inaugural 200-page book focussed on the origins of six classic cocktails. Additional articles explored the legend of Antoine Amedee Peychaud, creator of Peychaud's Bitters; the history of Plymouth Gin; a definitive and scientific guide to simple syrup; and a look into the classic future of cocktails. Published by Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller, a portion of net proceeds from the sales of Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail will benefit The Museum of the American Cocktail.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #657810 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-17
• Released on: 2007-08-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Customer Reviews

10 stars for content, -10 stars for lack of editing
I really enjoyed much of the content of this book, and would have given it five stars were it not for how shoddy the editing is. The book contains a tremendous number of run-on and nonsensical sentences, grammatical errors, and similar basic English language problems. In addition, there are some extremely questionable "facts" presented--such as crediting the creation of the Gimlet to Sir Thomas Gimlette on one page, then giving credit for its creation to Harry Craddock two pages later. Didn't anyone bother to review these pieces before publication? The book is, as a result of the obvious lack of attention, very uneven. Some pieces are quite well-written, while in other cases the errors are altogether distracting.

Would I recommend this book to someone interested in Cocktails? Absolutely! My hope is that the publisher will keep putting these things out, but under the guidance of a qualified editorial staff. I like this book and I like the idea of a whole series of these things; I hate to see their content diminished by a lack of quality control.

Bar Nerd Juice
The book is full of usefull information for any bar geek. Well it is actually nothing else... And contributers are The A-Team!

Mostly brilliant!
A great collection of articles, most good, some brilliant, though maybe one or two parts not quite up to the standard of the rest of the book (eg, that picture of Plymouths continous still, is a pot still, which makes you wonder about the rest of the content of that article), though on the whole it's a good, thought provoking and many bothersome question answering journal, and a worthwhile read for any professional bartender.