The Home Bartender: The Third Edition: 200+ Cocktails Made with Four Ingredients or Less

Great bar addition. Has tons of recipes grouped by alcohol. I love the variety of recipes. Instructions are thorough. This is great if you are into trying new drinks. This would also make a wonderful gift.

I purchased this for a nephew who is working on being a mixologist. He's going to love this book. It's a hard cover book and has many recipes for him to try. The colored photos in the book are very well done, and show the reader exactly what the drink should look like.

Overall - my go-to for cocktailsThings I liked - love the sections for liquor types, love the pictures, I have a few favorite recipes that are my go-to's for casual nights in and for parties, love the "1 part, 2 parts, 1 part" measuring for multiple drinksThings I didn't like - some of the cocktails were not to my liking, but I figured out pretty quick if the drink was too syrupy or not my taste. I didn't like that there wasn't a tip on how to make large batch cocktails or make ahead for large gatheringsGreat way to get started on your bar and making specialty cocktails. Hope they come out with a shooter version!

This book is fantastic ! I am not a big drinker but my friends and I like to try news drinks when we have events. That book has a hard cover and heavy , sturdy pages so I believe it will last. The pictures are beautiful . Each page has a picture of a drink with what you need to do it and instructions ( 450 pages !) I don t know how to make a cocktail but the instructions are so simple that you can t go wrong. We are having a lot of fun experiencing. I do not regret buying this book at all.

We recently decided to re-set up our home bar. My husband has long been a beer drinker, but enjoys whiskey, gin occasionally. I've been a teetotaler since shortly after we married mainly because of kids. I've always preferred cocktails since I taste alcohol strongly. But cocktails get expenses outside or inside the home. Recently though we decided we wanted a legit bar in the house (2 of our 3 kids are legal age drinkers now themselves).I remembered some of the cocktails I used to enjoy, and therefore what liquors to buy. I still had my old cocktail guide books. However, I found the books overwhelming - for that matter, the liquor stores. Vodka used to have a shelf or two, not a row! I decided to buy a couple books with far fewer recipes (though if you want a lot, I highly recommend The Bartender's Bible by Gary Regan).This book was one of 2 I bought. I haven't made anything from the recipes yet, though the recipes I'm familiar with look as they should. I do wish I'd bought this before we started stocking the bar as it gives a nice list at the front of what you need, what is nice to have, and etc for liquor, bar tools, glassware, and mixers. I do love that the book is pretty. I'm visual so far more likely to chose a drink by the photo. It looks as though there will he plenty of drinks to occupy us for a while, and that's good. It's also small enough, I'm not overwhelmed. I only have 2 complaints. One, as someone else said, the varieties on the drinks are a bit of a joke. For instance, there is the classic gin and tonic, then the budget gin and tonic, then the perfect gin and tonic. The only difference really is the brand of gin, and yes the book specifies a brand in each recipe. It'd be less annoying if there wasn't a handy list at the front of the book showing you the recommended classic, budget and perfect brand of each of the main liquors. Often the only other variety offered is the Virgin version. Yet there is also a non-alcoholic section at the back (I didn't notice of it has the same recipes as the rest of the book has scattered throughout). My other complaint is the cover says 4 ingredients or less and yet it's rarely true of a recipe. I guess if you only count the alcohol components as ingredients it's 4 or less, but personally I count juices, sodas, garnishes, etc as ingredients. That said, none of the recipes are long lists of ingredients. Plus the ingredients are relatively common.I would recommend the book, especially if you are starting out.

So thoroughly written but also simple.

The pictures are amazing and simple to follow recipes to make amazing drinks! We use this book all the time !

My brother was ecstatic to get this book for Christmas. I figured it would just be a nice piece to have in his bar setup, almost like a coffee table book for guests to check out, but he actually goes through the book and finds interesting recipes to try out. For our 2024 New Year’s party he was creating cocktails for people on request and everyone looked through to book to find something nice to try out for themselves. For Christmas this year he busted out the book to make our family some whiskey sours, It was a hit. As far as what’s written in the book goes it seems like there’s a good variety, I can only speak on what I what I know.