 | The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender's Craft by Gary Regan
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $16.50 Professionals and amateurs alike should first look to this wonderful and richly informative book if they wish to learn the craft of, or refine their skills in, making truly killer cocktails.
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 | Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails : From the Alamagoozlum Cocktail to the Zombie by Ted Haigh
Buy used from: $53.79 Written with passion, precision, and humor, this is a real gem of a book.
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 | Jigger, Beaker and Glass: Drinking Around the World by Charles Baker
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $36.91 This reprint of one of the all-time great killer cocktail guides is an unadulterated pleasure to read. Baker deftly and brilliantly conjures up a world of myth and magic with nearly every recipe.
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 | Esquire Drinks: An Opinionated & Irreverent Guide to Drinking With 250 Drink Recipes by David Wondrich
Buy used from: $24.99 Informative, hip, and funny, Dr. Wondrich's guide delivers the goods!
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 | The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes by Dale Degroff
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.00 Don't be fooled by the coffee-table look and feel of the book, it is truly substantive. Degroff knows how to make very killer cocktails, and deftly explains and instructs every step of the process.
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 | New Classic Cocktails by Gary Regan
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $8.60 There are some delicious, beautiful and totally killer new cocktails here. The Regans have done another bang-up job. Indeed, the "Single-Malt Scotch Martini" entry alone is well worth the cover price!
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 | Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century by Paul Harrington
Buy used from: $144.67 Smart, funny, and rich with cocktail-lore and cultural history, this one is also a serious entry in the art of mixology. Hard to find, but worth seeking out.
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 | Killer Cocktails: An Intoxicating Guide to Sophisticated Drinking (Hands-Free Step-By-Step Guides) by David Wondrich
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $3.99 The title really says it all for this second volume from Dr. Wondrich. The format is a tad awkward for casual perusal, but the content is pure gold.
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 | Raising the Bar: Better Drinks, Better Entertaining by Nick Mautone
Buy new: $18.15 / Used from: $1.65 Approached more like an actual cookbook than the usual cocktail guide, this is a really useful addition to the field. Note: the recipes are presented so as to serve small groups, not individuals.
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 | Diffordsguide to Cocktails: Volume 5 (Diffordsguide) by Simon Difford
Buy used from: $15.50 A wonderful general guide to some excellent cocktails -- very British in conception.
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