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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930965 ISBN: 978-0-470-63312-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_633120-ffirs.indd ii01_633120-ffirs.indd ii 7/26/10 10:46 AM7/26/10 10:46 AM About the Author Ray Foley, a former Marine with over 30 years of bartending and restaurant experience, is the founder and publisher of BARTENDER Magazine, the only magazine in the world specifically geared toward bartenders and one of the very few primarily designed for servers of alcohol. BARTENDER Magazine is enjoying its 31st year and currently has a growing circulation of over 150,000. Ray has been published in numerous articles throughout the country and has appeared on many TV and radio shows, including David Susskind, ABC-TV News, CBS News, NBC News, Good Morning America, Patricia McCann, and WOR-TV. Ray has also been featured in major magazines, including Forbes and Playboy. Ray is the founder of the Bartender Hall of Fame™, which honors the best bartenders throughout the United States not only for their abilities as bartenders but for involvement in their communities as well. Ray serves as a consultant to some of the United States’ foremost distillers and importers. He is also responsible for naming and inventing new drinks for the liquor industry, the most popular being the Fuzzy Navel. Ray has the largest collection of cocktail recipe books in the world, dating back to the 1800s, and is one of the foremost col- lectors of cocktail shakers, with 400 shakers in his collection. He is the author of Running a Bar For Dummies, The Ultimate Cocktail Book, The Ultimate Little Shooter Book, The Ultimate Little Martini Book, The Irish Drink Book, Jokes, Quotes, and Bartoons, The Ultimate Little Blender Book, The Best Irish Drinks, Vodka 1000, Rum 1000, Tequila 1000, and his non-cock- tail book, God Loves Golfers Best. Ray has four children: Ray, William, Amy, and Ryan, and lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jaclyn. For more information about BARTENDER Magazine, please contact Jackie Foley at P.O. Box 158, Liberty Corner, NJ 07938; phone 908-766-6006; fax 908-766-6607; e-mail barmag@aol. com; Web site www.bartender.com. 01_633120-ffirs.indd iii01_633120-ffirs.indd iii 7/26/10 10:46 AM7/26/10 10:46 AM Dedication This book is dedicated to all who serve the public with long hours, tired bodies, and great patience (and still have fun): bartenders. And, of course, to Jaclyn Marie, whom I love the best, and Ryan Peter, who loves me the best. This 4th edition of Bartending For Dummies is dedicated to my very good friend Hans “Peter” Nelson, 1948–2010 01_633120-ffirs.indd iv01_633120-ffirs.indd iv 7/26/10 10:46 AM7/26/10 10:46 AM Author’s Acknowledgments I would like to pour out my gratitude to Tracy Boggier and the overflowing enthusiasm at John Wiley & Sons. For mixing all the ingredients properly and adding just the right amount of garnish, Mr. Tim Gallan, the project editor of Bartending For Dummies. I humbly acknowledge those at BARTENDER Magazine for serv- ing this up at record speed, especially Lauren Saccone. And for supplying all the ingredients in this mixture and their tremendous support and help, Greg Cohen at Patron Tequila, Chester Brandes, Timo Sutinen, Carolina Marino and Michael Brandes from Sobieski Vodka and Imperial Brands, Vic Morrison at McCormick Distilling, Michel Roux and Jim Nikola at Crillon Importers, the great folks at Bacardi, Jose Cuervo, Diageo, Tabasco, The Food Group, SKYY Spirits, Cointreau, Pusser’s Rum, Niche Imports, Joel Fishman from Tree Ripe, Alan Lewis at C&C International, William Grant and Sons, Norton Cooper at Charles Jacquin et Cie, Bill Anderson at Infinium Spirits, all the great people at Brown-Forman, Max Shapira, Parker Beam, and Edward DiMuro from Heaven Hill Distilleries, Jose Suarez and Jake Jacobsen at Coco Lopez, the good people at Pernod Ricard, David Rotunno from Mizkan Americas, and the great people from Angostura bitters. To Jimmy Zazzali for being a great bartender and friend, Matt Wojciak, John Cowan, Mike Cammarano, Marvin Solomon, Annelies Brandes, Jack Foley, Jr., and of course the great Hymie Lipshitz. And the best general manager and boss, U.S. Marine, and friend, the late great William Boggier. And a special tip to LeRoy Neiman and Lynn Quayle, George Delgado, Foster Tennant, Dave Conroy, Rene Bardel, James Howard Wilson, Aurelien de Seze, and Ryan Peter Foley. 01_633120-ffirs.indd v01_633120-ffirs.indd v 7/26/10 10:46 AM7/26/10 10:46 AM Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our Dummies online registration form located at http://dummies.custhelp.com. For other com- ments, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Composition Services Development Project Coordinator: Patrick Redmond Senior Project Editor: Tim Gallan Layout and Graphics: Claudia Bell, Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier Carrie A. Cesavice, Joyce Haughey, Jennifer Mayberry, Christin Swinford, Copy Editor: Todd Lothery Erin Zeltner Senior Editorial Assistant: David Lutton Proofreaders: Melissa D. Buddendeck, Technical Editor: Mike Tully John Greenough Editorial Manager: Michelle Hacker Indexer: Johnna VanHoose Dinse Editorial Assistants: Rachelle S. Amick, Jennette ElNaggar Art Coordinator: Alicia B. South Cover Photos: © iStockphoto.com / John Burwell Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Publishing and Editorial for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher, Consumer Dummies Kristin Ferguson-Wagstaffe, Product Development Director, Consumer Dummies Ensley Eikenburg, Associate Publisher, Travel Kelly Regan, Editorial Director, Travel Publishing for Technology Dummies Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher, Dummies Technology/General User Composition Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 01_633120-ffirs.indd vi01_633120-ffirs.indd vi 7/26/10 10:46 AM7/26/10 10:46 AM Contents at a Glance Introduction ......................................................1 Part I: The Basics ..............................................5 Chapter 1: Just for Openers: The Right Tools and Glasses..................7 Chapter 2: Methods to the Madness .....................................................15 Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Home Bar ..................................................23 Chapter 4: Charts and Measures ...........................................................33 Part II: Short Shots from American Whiskey to Wine ..............................41 Chapter 5: American and Canadian Whisk(e)y....................................43 Chapter 6: Aperitifs, Cordials, and Liqueurs .......................................51 Chapter 7: Beer ........................................................................................61 Chapter 8: Brandy ...................................................................................65 Chapter 9: Cognac and Armagnac .........................................................69 Chapter 10: Gin ........................................................................................75 Chapter 11: Irish Whiskey ......................................................................79 Chapter 12: Rum ......................................................................................83 Chapter 13: Scotch Whisky ....................................................................89 Chapter 14: Tequila and Mezcal ............................................................95 Chapter 15: Vodka .................................................................................101 Chapter 16: Wine ...................................................................................107 Part III: The Recipes .....................................115 Chapter 17: Recipes from A to Z ..........................................................117 Chapter 18: “Martini” Madness ...........................................................297 Chapter 19: Drinks for Special Occasions ..........................................305 Chapter 20: Nonalcoholic Drinks.........................................................315 Part IV: The Part of Tens ................................319 Chapter 21: Ten Drinks to Try and Ten Drinks to Let Someone Else Try ................................................................321 Chapter 22: At Least Ten Cures and Lores ........................................325 Recipes Index ................................................327 Topics Index ..................................................351 02_633120-ftoc.indd vii02_633120-ftoc.indd vii 7/26/10 10:47 AM7/26/10 10:47 AM 02_633120-ftoc.indd viii02_633120-ftoc.indd viii 7/26/10 10:47 AM7/26/10 10:47 AM