Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions [A Cocktail Recipe Book]

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The concept of the six root cocktails is so interesting and they explain each of these root cocktails so well and extensive. The idea reminds me a lot of the book DIY Cocktails, by Marcia Simmons, which also divides up cocktails by their basic ratio, though it has more categories. Once you understand the hows and whys of each root recipe you'll be able to invent entirely new cocktails. templates that encompass all cocktails: the old-fashioned, martini, daiquiri, sidecar, whisky highball, and flip. The book also went into great detail articulating different bottle favorites and flavor profiles for the experts out there.

For instance, their house Dark and Stormy includes a custom ginger syrup and fresh lime, when you can just add ginger beer and squeeze two lime wedges. if you can afford dozens of spirits and liqueurs (some of which are used in very few cocktails in the book), fine. Not just great cocktail recipes, but the theory behind each drink, which can help you understand how to make alterations to a recipe to make your own drinks.Cocktail Codex simplifies the complex cocktail universe, declaring that there are truly only six fundamental recipes at the root of them all: the Old-Fashioned, Martini, Daiquiri, Sidecar, Whisky Highball, and the Flip.

All cocktails, they claim, can be traced back to 6 root recipes: The Old-Fashioned, The Martini, The Daiquiri, The Sidecar, The Whisky Highball, and The Flip. Whether it’s classics like the daiquiri or Aperol Spritz, or unique creations like today’s cocktail, the Smokescreen – I always know I can count on that book, regardless of what mood I’m in.

Once you’ve mastered the six, you’ll have a deep understanding of when to stir and when to shake, what you can add and what to take out. The central model of base, balance, spice fits well with a lot of cocktail recipes, though it's a little bit of a stretch for some that they squeeze into the sections. This framework will not make you an expert, or even able to competently step behind the bar of a high-end bar, but you will gain a baseline understanding of what's going on.

This book breaks down drinks into their fundamental components and then offers suggestions about how to build them up again into a variety of different cocktails with different sorts of flavor profiles. More than just a collection of recipes - this explains the frameworks and how the different ingredient categories interact, with examples.

The Cocktail Codex is one of our favourite cocktail books and helps you understand the science behind the recipe, rather than just following it step by step. e. types of brandy, summarizing the process, typology, and recommended bottles), related cocktail construction techniques, variations, and exercises. Luckily, the majority of my clientele wanted tequila shots or (plastic) glasses of cheap wine, so I never had to make anything super complex. In Cocktail Codex , these experts reveal for the first time their surprisingly simple approach to mastering the “root recipes,” six easily identifiable (and memorizable! While pretentious at times --although clearly written for would-be bartenders-- it was a really helpful approach to understand basic cocktail formulas, and how changing the spirit or seasoning can create new cocktails.