So, my latest book review is of The Essential Bar Book, another wonderful addition to my library from the all wonderful bloggingforbooks.org. Yes, it is a cocktail book and yes, this post is another excuse to drink with my friends!
After attending a very boozy brunch with the Jerrsicas, we reconvene at the apartment and I say, "HEY GUYS, LET ME MAKE YOU SOME SPECIALTY COCKTAILS!"
But let's talk about the book for a second. The book is pretty good, it explains a lot of bar terms and has hundreds of recipes. The design of the book is nice and elegant. It totally feels like it belongs in The Great Gatsby, which, hey! I love! (THE BOOK, NOT THAT HORRENDOUS MOVIE). However, I don't like the fact that there are no pictures in the book. I think that any book with recipes should have pictures. Also, the organization is kind of stupid. It's not based on ingredients or types of alcohol; it's alphabetical. "Oh I want to make a drink with gin!" Let me go through the entire book and see what recipes call for gin. Kind of stupid.
Regardless, I tried for so many weeks to pick a cocktail and make a drink for friends or family. You would think that his would be easy. It was not.
My family are a bunch of alcoholics; I grew up in bars. No, seriously, I grew up in bars. So when I went home for the holidays, you'd think that me announcing that I needed to make a cocktail for everyone, that would go over well. No, I just got drunk off of red wine and Jameson for two weeks.
So here we are, two weeks later. The Jerrsicas are over and thirsty.
It actually took a while to pick out a cocktail. This had been done over the course of a few days. I had Jerrisca pick out some recipes that sounded good, we picked two and got all the ingredients for those. Oh, side note. Bevmo is the best. I went the other evening and got the ingredients for one drink, which actually worked for several.
So, my friends come over and I start by making everyone THE EL PRESIDENTE.
People talked about how RUMMY the El Presidente was. We watched football while we drank and it seemed to go by pretty quickly. Everyone seemed to like it, but thought that it was strong. Jerrsica thought that the drink was a pretty color!!
So yeah, the El President was strong. Super strong. But we powered through.
Then I made the Bees Knees. It was super ginny. Nothing special. So far though, it was everyones' favorite, because they liked the honey (thank you Culver City Famers Market.). We started playing games, so that probably helped. Oh, it should be noted that everyone is probably FALL DOWN DRUNK AT THIS POINT.
The last drink I made was for sure the best, The Clover Club. Everyone thought it was super delicious and wanted to drink ten thousand of them. I was nervous about this one because of the egg white, but it was a huge hit. It was probably the easiest too. It was just like, mashed up raspberries, sugar water, lemon juice and gin? I think? I don't know, it tasted like heaven. And Jerrsica and I beat the Jerrsicas in Cranium, so that probably helped.
Overall, I think the cocktail making was a success.
So, would I talk about this book while drunk? Yeah. I mean, similar story to the rest of the reviews, once I needed to write the review, this book was all that I could talk about. I even offered my sisters' bartender boyfriend a guest spot on my blog if he helped me execute and write this review.
Oh, the other ranking is would I recommend this book while drunk. The answer is yes, OBVI. If someone is drunk and looking for a drink, I would totally tell them to check out this book to learn how to make ANY DRINK EVER. Or I would just tell them to go to a bar and order one.
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