Jerry Thomas

The Bar-Tender's Guide features a captivating array of mixology instructions for classic and avant-garde drinks. First published in 1862, this 1887 edition of the timeless masterpiece explores the art of mixing libations with style and precision. Widely regarded as the first cocktail recipe book in the United States, The Bar-Tender's Guide; or, How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks is an essential recipe book for bartenders and the perfect guide for mixologist beginners. Vintage Cookery Books presents this new edition featuring an introduction to mixed drinks by William Schimdt and advisory excerpts from Joseph L. Haywood's Mixology (1898).

This special edition of 'How to Mix Drinks' was written by Jerry Thomas, and first published in 1862, making it over 150 years old. This old mixed drinks recipe book is a rare find It features a whopping 460+ recipes for cocktails, punch, cups, juleps, and much more. There's recipes to cover every possible occasion and celebration, including Thanksgiving and Christmas with several Egg Nog recipes too. A wonderful gift for any bartender, or simply for the Bon Vivant in your life who likes a wee tipple now and then. IMPORTANT NOTE - Please read BEFORE buying THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally enhanced. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER: Due to the age of this book, some methods or practices may have been deemed unsafe or unacceptable in the interim years. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, please use due diligence before putting the information into practice. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes.

Care for a Morning Glory Cocktail, a Blue Blazer, or a Philadelphia Julep? Recipes for hundreds of tasty libations appear in this groundbreaking volume, originally published in 1862 and widely considered by drink historians as the first serious American book on cocktails and punches. Includes a helpful index.

‘A new beverage is the pride of the Bartender, and its appreciation and adoption his crowning glory.’ Written in 1887, Jerry Thomas’s seminal bartender’s manual is the definitive guide to cocktails for professionals and enthusiastic amateurs alike. Thomas, described as the ‘father of American mixology’, provides the reader with clear and engaging instructions on how to mix a range of popular and more obscure cocktails, with recipes from America, Britain, France, Italy and Russia. From the Spread Eagle Punch to the mint julep, and from White Tiger’s Milk to the Champagne Cup, you will discover all manner of creations to suit any occasion, enabling you to become the ultimate party host.

This is the first edition with 258 pages, in a good-to-read 6x9" format A complete reprint of the very first 1862 edition of Jerry Thomas' Bartenders Guide " How To Mix Drinks or A Bon Vivant's Companion ". This drink recipe book is probably the most famous bartenders' and cocktail book of all times, and it was the first real cocktail book ever published in the United States. This is a nostalgic and delicious homage to a drinking era that is gone but not forgotten. * In 1862 Thomas finished the Bartender's Guide (alternately titled How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant's Companion), the first cocktail book ever published in the United States. The book collects and codifies what was then an oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including some of his own creations; the guide lays down the principles for formulating mixed drinks of all categories. This first edition of the guide include the first written recipes of such cocktails as the DAISY, the MINT JULEP. the FIZZ, the FLIP, Sour and many many more. Among other famous drinks are the BLUE BLAZER, the EYE-OPENER, the LOCOMOTIVE, the PICK-ME-UP, the CORPSE-REVIVER, and CHAIN-LIGHTNING.

Jerry Thomas's Bartender's Guide is THE original cocktail book; the first time today's Classics were set down in print, full of jiggers and ponys, this unique volume gives an intriguing insight into a world gone by but, fortunately for the connoisseur, or just those who might like a tipple now and then, not entirely forgotten.