Product Overview
A complete reproduction of the 1887 Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide with a new introduction by Ross Bolton. This Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 Reprint how to mix drinks / bon vivant's companion bar guide and bartender's recipe book is special as it shows drinks that would be served to people of the time. This Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 book in its various editions is accepted to be the first real cocktail book, and includes such classics as Mint Julep and the Daisy. The 132 Page Blue Cover Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 Reprint (NOT 82 page) is a complete reprint with forward by Ross Bolton, editor of over 20 bartending books. This 132 Page Blue Cover 1887 edition Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 Reprint is best available as the Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1862 edition has over 100 pages on the distillation of Liquors, which was condensed by the original 1887 publishers into only the useful information in the 1887 edition here. ALSO, this Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 edition has Manhattan, Tom Collins, and Martinez (Martini precursor), which are not in the 1862. PLEASE NOTE there are other Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 Reprints which have less pages. The 132 PAGE BLUE COVER edition of Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 Reprint is the full edition (not 82 page).
