Cocktail Construction: The Complete Toolkit for Home Bartenders

by George J. Watts

Overview

The author, George Watts, CCM, LEED AP, BD+C, is a construction program manager who fell in love with bartending while studying civil engineering at UT Austin. His many years of expeierience in construction management has shaped the way he builds cocktails. Like every building project, Watts starts every drink with the end in mind. He takes readers through the essentials of setting up an affordable home bar, procuring essential tools and spirits, and properly storing ingredients. He shares his three-step approach to building drinks: Preparation; mixing and finishing; presenting and serving. He also includes more than 50 drink recipes in this book. Some are his own recipes. Some are from other people. Some are updated versions of tried and true classics. By using Watts' easy to follow process you will be the entertainer and craft master, leaving your guests talking for a long time about a truly great cocktail experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781087872711
Publisher:	George Watts
Publication date:	01/05/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	60 MB
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About the Author

For more than thirty years George Watts has been a professional construction program manager, who fell in love with bartending while he was a struggling engineering student at UT Austin. Having completed more than $5 billion in project value for his clients, his approach to building drinks is the same as his approach to a successful construction job: Start with the end in mind; envisage things from your customers' perspective; execute flawlessly. George and his wife Sue live in Dallas, TX with their two dogs. They enjoy cycling and skiing in the Rocky Mountains, and spending time with family and friends.

Table of Contents

1. Set Up For Success.

• Mixology in your home.
• Design.
• Toolkit.
• Building Materials.

2. Construction.

• Foundation.
• Architecture.
• Stirred Drinks.
• Shaken Drinks.
• Sparking and Fizzy Drinks.
• Flips and Cremes.

3. Behind the Bar.

• Guest Experience.
• Philosophy.

Resource Guide.

Index.

Bibliography.

Acknowledgements.