Cocktail Construction
The Complete Toolkit for Home Bartenders
Published on 5. January 2020
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-1-0878-5686-5 (ISBN)
Description
The author, George Watts, CCM, LEED AP, BD+C, is a construction program manager who fell in love with bartending while studying civil engineering at UT Austin. His many years of expeierience in construction management has shaped the way he builds cocktails. Like every building project, Watts starts every drink with the end in mind. He takes readers through the essentials of setting up an affordable home bar, procuring essential tools and spirits, and properly storing ingredients. He shares his three-step approach to building drinks: Preparation; mixing and finishing; presenting and serving. He also includes more than 50 drink recipes in this book. Some are his own recipes. Some are from other people. Some are updated versions of tried and true classics. By using Watts' easy to follow process you will be the entertainer and craft master, leaving your guests talking for a long time about a truly great cocktail experience.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
627 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0878-5686-5 (9781087856865)
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Persons
For more than thirty years George Watts has been a professional construction program manager, who fell in love with bartending while he was a struggling engineering student at UT Austin. Having completed more than $5 billion in project value for his clients, his approach to building drinks is the same as his approach to a successful construction job: Start with the end in mind; envisage things from your customers' perspective; execute flawlessly. George and his wife Sue live in Dallas, TX with their two dogs. They enjoy cycling and skiing in the Rocky Mountains, and spending time with family and friends.