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strategineer's review
3.0
Everything you need to know about mixing cocktails.
Cocktails, Cocktails, Cocktails, Cocktails, Cocktails... Cocktails, Everybody!
My buddy who's a bartender recommended this to me when I expressed interest in learning how to mix cocktails. It's got a bunch of good cocktail recipes and historical context for most of them (if you're into that kind of thing).
Interestingly, in the first few pages, Gary describes bartenders as being "Ganymedes", a young boy (remember this) who is the immortal cupbearer of Olympus in Greek mythology. This comparison is one you would probably avoid after reading Robert Graves's take on Ganymedes.
Robert posits that Ganymedes was a character created by the Greeks/Romans much later on and "retconned" back into the mythology to legitimize their rampant pederasty. Have fun with that information.
Cocktails, Cocktails, Cocktails, Cocktails, Cocktails... Cocktails, Everybody!
My buddy who's a bartender recommended this to me when I expressed interest in learning how to mix cocktails. It's got a bunch of good cocktail recipes and historical context for most of them (if you're into that kind of thing).
Interestingly, in the first few pages, Gary describes bartenders as being "Ganymedes", a young boy (remember this) who is the immortal cupbearer of Olympus in Greek mythology. This comparison is one you would probably avoid after reading Robert Graves's take on Ganymedes.
Robert posits that Ganymedes was a character created by the Greeks/Romans much later on and "retconned" back into the mythology to legitimize their rampant pederasty. Have fun with that information.
dangrous's review
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
5.0
I mean this is probably a reference book that I read as a regular book, but I still was fascinated by it. A lot of cool history, and then a ton of information and tactics for making great cocktails that will be an amazing thing to go back to again and again in the future. Learned a whole bunch, most of which sort of passed through my head but some things stuck and I'm so glad I read this.
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