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Simplify your cocktail experience with more than 150 easy and delicious recipes for your Mason jar. Do you really need a specific glass for each drink? Bartenders might tell you so, but the home mixologist needn't worry. Put away those expensive glasses and uncomplicate your home happy hour with Mason Jar Cocktails, Expanded Edition. Try new cocktail recipes without the stress with easy-to-follow recipes and tools you can find right at home, including: - Mason Jar Gin Fizz - Long Island Iced Tea - Mint Julep - Caribbean Rum Punch - Virgin Mudslide - Frozen Hemingway Daiquiri - Tropical Spiced Rum - Mexican Mule - Tom Collins - Strawberry Gin Mojito - Mason Jar Sangria Enjoy your favorite classics without the hassle of finding a Collins or Old Fashioned glass. Serve up every kind of cocktail with the versatile, practical, and charming Mason jar, including non-alcoholic recipes for younger party guests. This book includes cocktails for all seasons, so you can relax in the sun with a Mason jar pina colada, kick back with a spicy fall sangria, and get cozy in front of the fire with some tequila hot chocolate. Combine the best aspects of your favorite creative cocktails with the rustic simplicity of the Mason jar, so you'll be sipping at that martini with country living style with Mason Jar Cocktails, Expanded Edition.

The third edition of Shane Carley’s hugely popular The Home Bartender features over 200 easy, delicious, and affordable recipes to elevate your home bar. You don’t need expensive liquor or exotic and obscure ingredients to make a craft cocktail. With every drink featuring four ingredients or less, making drinks at home has never been easier for the busy mixologist. This book contains perfect, classic, and budget versions of old favorites—such as the Martini, Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Cosmopolitan, Margarita, and Gin and Tonic—as well as new drinks that will keep you coming back for more. Inside you’ll find: Over 200 recipes, including some non-alcoholic beverages Must-have bar tools for the successful home bartender Drink recommendations for every occasion Terminology to help you better understand what you are working with Helpful resources to guide you to the perfect places to find all the tools you need for your at-home bar Spend less time mixing and more time hosting with The Home Bartender: The Third Edition. Shane Carley was born in New Hampshire, and, after almost a decade in Washington, DC, he has triumphantly returned to the beautiful Granite State. A longtime aficionado of all types of alcohol, Carley jumped at the opportunity to launch a series of cocktail companion books. His love of the written word transcends formal publication, and he currently works as a content developer for award-winning PR agency Matter Communications. Carley is a science fiction enthusiast who hopes someday to make the jump into fiction writing. He once met Warren Ellis and it was the greatest moment of his life.

Shake up your cocktail game with The Home Mixologist, the ultimate guide to crafting delicious and impressive cocktails right at home.

Whether you're a seasoned bartender or a beginner looking to elevate your home bartending skills, The Home Mixologist offers a wide range of classic and creative cocktail recipes to suit any occasion. Mix up your favorite classics and try out innovative drinks that use unexpected ingredients and techniques. Unleash your inner mixologist with tips for creating infusions and other bespoke ingredients. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to create perfectly balanced cocktails and impress your guests.

Inside you'll find:

• 150 cocktail recipes
• Everything you need for your home bar
• Recipes for infusions, syrups, tinctures, and more
• Stunning, full-color photography