The Bar-Tender’s Guide or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas

I just wanna share this one. A bartender mixing drinks guide classic! this Jerry Thomas book is an 1862 piece and according to wikipedia this is the first drink book ever published in the United States. The book collected and codified what was then an oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including some of his own creations; the guide laid down the principles for formulating mixed drinks of all categories. He would update it several times in his lifetime to include new drinks that he found or created. The first edition of the guide included the first written recipes of such cocktails as the Brandy Daisy, Fizz, Flip, Sour and variations of the earliest form of mixed drink, Punch.

Now for those of you who want to read the book, the complete text of the 1887 edition of the book can be read here

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