Techniques

Thanks to the Internet, many previously hard-to-find items are just a click away. While most cities have specialty stores where cooks can find esoteric ingredients, there are a number of online sites that provide options for those who wouldn’t otherwise have easy access. If you aren’t able to find the exact item specified, use common sense and creativity to come up with a substitution.

Much like cooking, mixing even the most basic cocktails properly requires a set of fundamental techniques. You can enhance your repertoire by mastering a few more elaborate ones, like pouring a float or rimming a glass, and count on impressing your guests with drinks that go above and beyond.

While gilding the lily takes things a bit too far, few would argue that a carefully considered garnish adds the perfect final touch to a well-executed drink. Reinforcing the established flavor profile and echoing the established theme with an artful flourish never fail to create a more dramatic and lasting impact.

Beer, likely the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage, is brewed from many different grains in a wide range of styles. Though often enjoyed straight, many have distinctive flavors that work well in mixed drinks. Those featured in this book were selected for their particular attributes, from bitter to spicy to creamy to citrusy.

Around the world, fermented grapes and other fruits are transformed into countless different types of wine. Those featured in this book represent many notable styles—dry, sparkling, aromatized—each one carefully selected to enhance a particular cocktail with its unique taste, texture and terroir.

Distilled, unsweetened alcoholic beverages, known as “spirits,” have the highest alcohol content. They vary widely in flavor depending on whether they are made from fermented grain, fruit or vegetables, and how they are aged.

Made from a distilled spirit that has been flavored with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, nuts or flowers, liqueurs—also known as cordials—are typically quite sweet from added sugar.

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Glasses that stand on stems above a base are known as stemware. Aside from creating an elegant line, the stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink.