The Mixers Manual

The mixer’s manual The cockTail bible for serious drinkers

dan jones

featuring: the ClassiCs, PunCh Bowl favourites, syruPs, Brines & sours and Mini Bar Must haves

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SYRUPS, brines

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sours The boozy trinity: syrups, brines and sours are the warheads in the home mixer’s arsenal. Syrups sweeten it down, sours sharpen it up, and brines slip in a pickle.

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sYruPs, brines & sours

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The boozy trinity: syrups, brines and sours are the warheads in the home mixer’s arsenal. Syrups sweeten it down, sours sharpen it up, and brines slip in a pickle.

© 2014 Hardie Grant Books. All Rights Reserved

bourbon, disguised with sugar, bitters, and loosened up with a dash of soda. a large twist of orange peel, left sticking out of the old Fashioned like a middle finger, rubs aromatically against the nose as you sip.

bourbon, disguised with sugar, bitters, and loosened up with a dash of soda. a large twist of orange peel, left sticking out of the old Fashioned like a middle finger, rubs aromatically against the nose as you sip.

1 ingredienTs

1 ingredienTs

2

50 ml (2 oz) dry gin

mint to garnish 50 ml (2 oz) vodka

1 lime

1 lemon

3 meThod Add the bitters, soda water and bourbon into a tumbler, and the sugar cube to dissolve. Muddle with a twist of orange peel, add two large pieces of ice and a maraschino

equipmenT muddler glass Tumbler

manhattan

equipmenT muddler glass Tumbler

old Fashioned

50 ml (2 oz) dry gin

mint to garnish 50 ml (2 oz) vodka

1 lime

1 lemon

2

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3 meThod Add the bitters, soda water and bourbon into a tumbler, and the sugar cube to dissolve. Muddle with a twist of orange peel, add two large pieces of ice and a maraschino

bourbon, disguised with sugar, bitters, and loosened up with a dash of soda. a large twist of orange peel, left sticking out of the old Fashioned like a middle finger, rubs aromatically against the nose as you sip.

bourbon, disguised with sugar, bitters, and loosened up with a dash of soda. a large twist of orange peel, left sticking out of the old Fashioned like a middle finger, rubs aromatically against the nose as you sip.

1 ingredienTs

1 ingredienTs

2

50 ml (2 oz) dry gin

mint to garnish 50 ml (2 oz) vodka

1 lime

1 lemon

3 meThod Add the bitters, soda water and bourbon into a tumbler, and the sugar cube to dissolve. Muddle with a twist of orange peel, add two large pieces of ice and a maraschino

equipmenT muddler glass Tumbler

manhattan

equipmenT muddler glass Tumbler

old Fashioned

50 ml (2 oz) dry gin

mint to garnish 50 ml (2 oz) vodka

1 lime

1 lemon

2

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3 meThod Add the bitters, soda water and bourbon into a tumbler, and the sugar cube to dissolve. Muddle with a twist of orange peel, add two large pieces of ice and a maraschino

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sYruPs, brines & SoURS

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The boozy trinity: syrups, brines and sours are the warheads in the home mixer’s arsenal. Syrups sweeten it down, sours sharpen it up, and brines slip in a pickle.

© 2014 Hardie Grant Books. All Rights Reserved

singaPore sling 1

ingredienTs

• 50 ml (2 oz) dry gin • 1 tsP dry vermouTh 1 lime • 1 lemon • lemon wedge To garnish • mint to garnish

2 equipmenT

glass Tumbler

simple, sharp, refreshing and – after a couple – dizzying. Tweak the balance between sugar and lime to taste, but a good rickey should be bright, sharp and strong.

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muddler

glass muddler Tumbler

3 meThod add the bitters, soda water and bourbon into a tumbler, and the sugar cube to dissolve. muddle with a twist of orange peel, add two large pieces of ice and a maraschino.

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manhattan

simple, sharp, refreshing and – after a couple – dizzying. Tweak the balance between sugar and lime to taste, but a good rickey should be bright, sharp and strong.

1

ingredienTs

2 equipmenT

glass Tumbler

• 50 ml (2 oz) dry gin • 1 tsP dry vermouTh 1 lime • 1 lemon • lemon wedge To garnish • mint to garnish

muddler

glass muddler Tumbler

3 meThod add the bitters, soda water and bourbon into a tumbler, and the sugar cube to dissolve. muddle with a twist of orange peel, add two large pieces of ice and a maraschino.

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