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Olly's press, TV and film credits are too numerous to list; he's currently the regular drinks expert on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen and his own range of glassware will be released in 2021. This is his first book of it's kind, but being a bartender already he has deemed this book as a great start (RE: recipes). It’s worth noting that in about a third of cases Olly offers alternatives, such as swapping vodka in for gin in a Gimlet, or serving a Mexican Firing Squad in a tall glass with soda for a longer drink. He bartended at Hawskmoor for 3 years and was a member of the opening bar team at The Box, Scotch of St James and Ceremony.
Due to the distressing and unfathomable lack of champagne in the house we used the French Harvest variation, topping up with cider instead. We are delighted to share these three recipes from the book, with permission from publisher Quadrille.This was a thoroughly refreshing drink – we used a very dry craft cider with fine bubbles, guessing that we should try to replicate the qualities of champagne – and could easily become a hot summer evening’s favourite (obviously we’ll have some fizz in the house to try the original recipe next time).
It would be a boon to have an interesting short selection to serve up to friends that aren’t drinking alcohol.A history of the evolution and culture of cocktails immerses you in a more glamorous era and THE CLASSIC COCKTAIL BIBLE allows you to taste it for yourself. Presented in a bottle green faux-leather jacket with gold foil lettering and heat-burnished illustration.
With over 200 recipes, Home Cocktail Bible tells you everything you need to know - from the essential spirits, mixers, syrups and kit that will open up the world of cocktails, to every recipe you could possibly ever want. A history of the evolution and culture of cocktails immerses you in a more glamorous era and The Classic Cocktail Bible allows you to taste it for yourself. In amongst the entries you’ll find notes on spirits, cocktail-making tips, and world-famous bartenders. g. mimosa, Sazerac, Last Word), all of the recipes I have tried for the drinks that are included have been delicious so far! Whether you’re planning a lavish party or just indulging in a nightcap, The Classic Cocktail Bible gives you a range of inspirations to create the exotic and the timeless.Beautifully illustrated with mouth-watering full colour photography, the book includes long and short drinks, still and sparkling, fruity and refreshing as well as creamy and indulgent - you'll never tire of trying the new concoctions. A cocktail recipe that suggests jelly bean sweets as an accompaniment has got to be a winner, surely. You'll find all the cocktail recipe inspiration you'll need to start mixing with The Classic Cocktail Bible. Here are 200 recipes from the rich flavour of an ABC Cocktail, through to the complicated but delicious sweet and spice mix of a Zombie.
This holy grail of cocktail books is packed with 200 recipes, full colour images and sections on techniques, equipment, glassware, ingredients and decoration. Together with an introduction covering basics such as glassware and garnishing, this is your invitation to sip your way through the cocktail alphabet. There’s no way we knew that we could use vodka for the Gimlet without reading through the alternatives under the recipes in the Gin chapter. There’s a Capsule Cocktail Cabinet in the Introduction of 26 items (supplemented with other items in other Introduction sections) with “all the essential mixers, spirits, bitters and syrups you’ll ever need to take your creativity to the next level” – you should note that this doesn’t by any stretch of the imagination cover all the cocktails in the book (lemon vodka is used in one recipe but not mentioned elsewhere, not even in the Index, the same with Poire Williams). No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.
If you're looking for a cocktail book that has all the classics and essential/standard drinks every bartender should know its this. An A-Z collection of classic and contemporary cocktailsFrom the ABC to the Manhattan and the Negroni to the Zombie, The Cocktail Bible is an A-Z collection of 200 classic and contemporary cocktails. As a total newbie I‘ve found this book very informative, but without too many details to scare you away with all the fancy cocktail words, ingredients and techniques. Nor does Olly indicate the cocktails that use this Cabinet, which kind of leaves it hanging … Cocktail names are often tempting, regularly fun and intriguing: Aviation’, ‘Shimmying to Nantucket’, ‘Penicillin’ and ‘Jelly Bean’ are among the 200 cocktails in the book.
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