Bartending For Dummies

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Overview

This latest edition of Bartending For Dummies features over 1,000 drink recipes in an A-Z format with clear, easy-to-follow instructions. This 4th Edition also provides:

  • Detailed information on how to properly stock a bar
  • Expanded coverage on making exotic frozen/blended specialties, specialty coffees, and hot toddies
  • Tips on creating ...
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Overview

This latest edition of Bartending For Dummies features over 1,000 drink recipes in an A-Z format with clear, easy-to-follow instructions. This 4th Edition also provides:

  • Detailed information on how to properly stock a bar
  • Expanded coverage on making exotic frozen/blended specialties, specialty coffees, and hot toddies
  • Tips on creating unique punches and even non-alcoholic drinks
  • Helpful information about experimenting with the latest flavored rums and vodkas including apple, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, grape, mango, and watermelon
  • Fun, new ways to garnish, rim, and serve drinks like a master mixologist
  • The latest tips and advice on curing hangovers and hiccups
  • Advice on choosing the right and latest glassware and mixers
  • New recipes covering the hottest shooters such as After Five, Candy Corn, Jelly Bean, and more
  • A new section on festive holiday cocktails such as the Grinch and Candy Cane Martini
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470633120
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/30/2010
  • Series: For Dummies Series
  • Edition number: 4
  • Pages: 384
  • Sales rank: 120,657
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Ray Foley is the founder and publisher of Bartender Magazine whose readership exceeds 100,000. His Web site, bartender.com, generates over 1 million hits per month. A professional bartender for more than twenty years, he is the founder of the "Bartender Hall of Fame."

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: The Basics.

Chapter 1: Just for Openers: The Right Tools and Glasses.

Chapter 2: Methods to the Madness.

Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Home Bar.

Chapter 4: Charts and Measures.

Part II: Short Shots from American Whiskey to Wine.

Chapter 5: American and Canadian Whisk(e)y.

Chapter 6: Aperitifs, Cordials, and Liqueurs.

Chapter 7: Beer.

Chapter 8: Brandy.

Chapter 9: Cognac and Armagnac.

Chapter 10: Gin.

Chapter 11: Irish Whiskey.

Chapter 12: Rum.

Chapter 13: Scotch Whisky.

Chapter 14: Tequila and Mezcal.

Chapter 15: Vodka.

Chapter 16: Wine.

Part III: The Recipes.

Chapter 17: Recipes from A to Z.

Chapter 18: "Martini" Madness.

Chapter 19: Drinks for Special Occasions.

Chapter 20: Nonalcoholic Drinks.

Part IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Drinks to Try and Ten Drinks to Let Someone Else Try.

Chapter 22: At Least Ten Cures and Lores.

Recipes Index.

Topics Index.

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First Chapter

Chapter 19
Those Famous Pousse-Cafés

In This Chapter

  • How you make them
  • A couple of important charts

Pousse-Cafés are layered speciality drinks that first became popular with bartenders in New Orleans in the 1840s and became a fad throughout the United States in the early 1900s. Pousse-Café is French for push down the coffee. Pouring this sort of drink is a true test for bartenders (so if you ask a bartender to make one for you, be sure to tip him or her well).

It's All about Specific Gravity

To produce a nicely layered drink, you need a steady hand, a spoon, and some knowledge of the specific gravities of cordials, syrups, brandies, and other spirits. Basically, you have to carefully pour "lighter" liquids on top of "heavier" liquids in order for them to stay separate. The result is a colorful rainbow effect.

Easier said than done. You can help your effort immensely if you pour the liquids that you're layering over the back of a spoon. The spoon breaks the fall of the liquids, enabling them to layer more easily.

If you get everything right, the drink will amaze your friends and win you influence. If you plan to serve Pousse-Cafés at a party, you can avoid performance anxiety and the accompanying shaky hands by making your Pousse-Cafés ahead of time. They will keep for at least an hour in the refrigerator.

Some Helpful Charts

Table 22-1, from Hiram Walker Cordials, lists the specific gravity index of its various liqueurs, syrups, and so on. (If you use other brands, the specific gravities may vary.)

Table 22-2 lists a layering order based on my own experience, testing, and tasting.

For best results, layer ingredients that have a ranking at least four spaces apart on the chart. It's unlikely that Crème de Cacao (6) will float on Praline (5), but Blue Curaçao (12) certainly will.

Table 22-1

 Hiram Walker Pousse-Café Specific Gravity Index

No.

 Proof Product Specific Gravity Color

1

 40 Crème de Cassis 1.1833 Light brown

2

 25 Grenadine 1.1720 Red

3

 54 Crème de Cacao, Brown 1.1561 Brown

4

 48 Hazelnut Schnapps 1.1532 Tawny

5

 40 Praline 1.1514 Brown

6

 54 Crème de Cacao, White 1.1434 White

7

 56 Crème de Noyaux 1.1342 Red

8

 48 Licorice Schnapps 1.1300 Clear

9

 54 Chocolate Cherry 1.1247 Brown

10

 56 Crème de Banana 1.1233 Yellow

11

 54 Chocolate Mint 1.1230 Brown

12

 48 Blue Curaçao 1.1215 Blue

13

 54 Swiss Chocolate Almond 1.1181 Brown

14

 60 Crème de Menthe, White 1.1088 Clear

15

 60 Crème de Menthe, Green 1.1088 Green

16

 60 Orange Curaçao 1.1086 Tawny

17

 60 Anisette, White and Red 1.0987 White/Red

18

 48 Crème de Strawberry 1.0968 Red

19

 48 Wild Strawberry Schnapps 1.0966 Clear

20

 48 Red Hot Schnapps 1.0927 Red

21

 60 Triple Sec 1.0922 White

22

 60 Rock & Rye 1.0887 Yellow

23

 40 Cranberry Cordial 1.0872 Red

24

 50 Amaretto 1.0842 Tawny

25

 48 Old Fashioned Root Beer Schnapps 1.0828 Tawny

26

 84 Sambuca 1.0813 White

27

 40 Country Melon Schnapps 1.0796 Pink

28

 70 Coffee-Flavored Brandy 1.0794 Brown

29

 48 Red Raspberry Schnapps 1.0752 Clear

30

 48 Snappy Apricot Schnapps 1.0733 Tawny

31

 48 Cinnamon Schnapps 1.0732 Red

32

 48 Spearmint Schnapps 1.0727 Clear

33

 60 Shamrock Schnapps 1.0617 Green

34

 60 Peppermint Schnapps 1.0615 Clear

35

 48 Jubilee Peach Schnapps 1.0595 Clear

36

 70 Raspberry-Flavored Brandy 1.0566 Red

37

 70 Apricot-Flavored Brandy 1.0548 Tawny

38

 70 Peach-Flavored Brandy 1.0547 Tawny

39

 70 Cherry-Flavored Brandy 1.0542 Red

40

 70 Blackberry-Flavored Brandy 1.0536 Purple

41

 90 Peach Schnapps 1.0534 Clear

42

 90 Root Beer Schnapps 1.0441 Brown

43

 50 Amaretto and Cognac 1.0394 Tawny

44

 90 Cinnamon Spice Schnapps 1.0358 Reddish

45

 90 Peppermint Schnapps 1.0340 Clear

46

 60 Sloe Gin 1.0241 Red

47

 70 Ginger-Flavored Brandy 0.9979 Light brown

48

 90 Kirschwasser 0.9410 Clear

Table 22-2

 The Foley-Cowan-Zazzali Layering Guide

No.

 Product Color

1

 Crème de Cassis Red

2

 Crème de Cacao, Brown Brown

3

 Kahlua Brown

4

 Peach Schnapps Clear

5

 Crème de Banana Yellow

6

 Anisette Clear

7

 Crème de Menthe, Green Green

8

 Crème de Menthe, White Clear

9

 Melon Green

10

 Tia Maria Brown

11

 Cherry Brandy Red

12

 Apricot Brandy Gold

13

 Sambuca Clear

14

 Galliano Yellow

15

 Amaretto Tawny

16

 Drambuie Gold

17

 Benedictine Gold

18

 Peppermint Schnapps Clear

19

 Frangelico Gold

20

 Spearmint Schnapps Clear

21

 Baileys Irish Cream Cream

22

 Irish Mist Gold

23

 Cointreau Clear

24

 Grand Marnier Gold

25

 Malibu Rum Clear

26

 Sloe Gin Red

27

 B & B Gold

28

 Southern Comfort Gold

29

 Chartreuse Green

30

 Ouzo Clear

31

 Pernod Yellow

Pousse-Café Recipes

You'll find all of the following Pousse-Café recipes in the recipes section (Chapter 18) of this book.

  • Angel's Delight
  • Champerelle
  • Champs Elysses
  • Fifth Avenue
  • Fourth of July
  • Gravure
  • Irish Flag
  • Jamie's Highland Special
  • Parisian Pousse-Café
  • Pousse-Café #1
  • Pousse-Café #2
  • Pousse-Café à la Française
  • Pousse-Café Standish
  • Rainbow Pousse-Café
  • Savoy Hotel
  • Traffic Light
  • Yellow Morning
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    A must for a home bar

    This book is a must for anyone who has a bar in their home....it definately makes things much easier and we have enjoyed it trememdously.

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    Highly Recommend!

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