The 12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve Bottles

It's a system, a tool kit, a recipe book. Beginning with one irresistible idea--a complete home bar of just 12 key bottles--here's how to make more than 200 classic and unique mixed drinks, including sours, slings, toddies, and highballs, plus the perfect Martini, the perfect Manhattan, and the perfect Mint Julep.

It's a surprising guide--tequila didn't make the cut, and neither did bourbon, but genever did. And it's a literate guide--describing with great liveliness everything from the importance of vermouth and bitters (the "salt and pepper" of mixology) to the story of a punch bowl so big it was stirred by a boy in a rowboat.

Author: David Solmonson, Lesley Jacobs Solmonson
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780761174943

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 134

About the Author
David Solmonson and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson are the husband-and-wife publishers of the popular blog 12bottlebar.com. Mr. Solmonson has written for both film and television, while Ms. Solmonson, spirits and wine writer for L.A. Weekly, is also the author of Gin: A Global History and the forthcoming Liqueur: A Global History. The Solmonsons live in Los Angeles.