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    The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen
    The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen
    The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen
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    The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen

    By Frederic Lawrence Knowles

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    Explore the refined world of mixology in this vintage collection of classic cocktail recipes and bartending guidance.

    Master the techniques of mixology with The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual For Gentlemen, first published in 1902. Frederic Lawrence Knowles' meticulously detailed volume features not just the recipes for many classic cocktails, but also gives guidance on the technique and practical skill of mixology so you can make each drink an experience of sophistication and elegance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781473351332
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      The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen - Frederic Lawrence Knowles

      The Cocktail Book

      A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen

      To know how to drink wine belongs only to a cultivated taste; to know how to tempt guests to indulge in it with pleasure belongs only to the host gifted with rare tact and artistic discrimination.

      Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the

      British Library

      Cocktail and Beverage Making

      Water, water everywhere,

      And all the boards did shrink;

      Water, water, everywhere,

      Nor any drop to drink!

      As Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798) warns us; water is everywhere - but drinks for human consumption are an entirely different matter! A drink, or beverage, is a kind of liquid which is specifically prepared for human consumption. There are many types of drinks. They can be divided into various groups such as plain water, alcohol, non-alcoholic drinks, soft drinks (carbonated drinks), fruit or vegetable juices and hot drinks, such as hot chocolate. In addition to fulfilling a basic need, drinks form an important part of the culture of human society. Cocktail mixing and hot beverages (specifically coffee) are the only two sub genres to have really taken the publics imagination however, but today they have evolved into a highly specific and skilled craft form.

      A cocktail is a beer or an alcoholic mixed drink that contains three or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit, one sweet/sugary and one sour/bitter. This is the traditional definition of a cocktail, however today, the term will commonly be used for almost any mixed alcoholic drink, including mixers, mixed shots, etc. The origin of the word 'cocktail' is heavily disputed. The first recorded use of the word cocktail is found in The Morning Post and Gazetteer in London, England on March 20, 1798:

      'Mr. Pitt, two petit vers of L’huile de Venus.

      Ditto, one of perfeit amour.

      Ditto, 'cock-tail' (vulgarly called ginger).'

      The first recorded use of the word cocktail in the United States is said to be in The Farmer's Cabinet on April 28, 1803, however the Oxford English dictionary lists the word as originating in

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