Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail

I really enjoyed much of the content of this book, and would have given it five stars were it not for how shoddy the editing is. The book contains a tremendous number of run-on and nonsensical sentences, grammatical errors, and similar basic English language problems. In addition, there are some extremely questionable "facts" presented--such as crediting the creation of the Gimlet to Sir Thomas Gimlette on one page, then giving credit for its creation to Harry Craddock two pages later. Didn't anyone bother to review these pieces before publication? The book is, as a result of the obvious lack of attention, very uneven. Some pieces are quite well-written, while in other cases the errors are altogether distracting.Would I recommend this book to someone interested in Cocktails? Absolutely! My hope is that the publisher will keep putting these things out, but under the guidance of a qualified editorial staff. I like this book and I like the idea of a whole series of these things; I hate to see their content diminished by a lack of quality control.

A great collection of articles, most good, some brilliant, though maybe one or two parts not quite up to the standard of the rest of the book (eg, that picture of Plymouths continous still, is a pot still, which makes you wonder about the rest of the content of that article), though on the whole it's a good, thought provoking and many bothersome question answering journal, and a worthwhile read for any professional bartender.

Good stuff, fascinating compilation of articles for tipplers with a need to know. Especially Greene's article, top notch.

The book is full of usefull information for any bar geek. Well it is actually nothing else... And contributers are The A-Team!

Buy it and sip of all the articles full of background stories and cool informations. It's bar geeky but super well written.