This is the most complete first edition with 258 pages, in a
good-to-read 6x9" format It is the 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.
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