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WHISKEY

BOURBON

RYE

SCOTCH

IMPORTS

Amrut Single Malt – India
Amrut Fusion – India
Collingwood – Canada
The Sexton – Ireland
Still Waters – Canada
Teeling Small Batch – Ireland
Trader Joe’s Single Malt Irish – Ireland
Tullamore D.E.W. – Ireland

FLAVORED

OTHER

RUM

VODKA

TEQUILA/AGAVE

BRANDY

ABSINTHE

AMARO

“What’s an Amaro?”

LIQUEUR

VERMOUTH

“What is Vermouth?”

OTHER/UNCLASSIFIABLE

BAR TOOLS

MIXERS, GARNISHES AND PREMIXED

♥ Bully Boy Old Fashioned (bottled cocktail)
Bloody Mary Mixes:
- Ole Smoky
- The Murph’s
- ♥ Ubon’s
- ♥ Ubon’s Pitmaster’s Hot & Spicy
- Zing Zang
Cherries:
- ♥ Bada Bing
- Luxardo
- Merry Maraschino
- ♥ Ole Smoky | recipe
- Pink Blush
- Rainier Reserve
Grenadine:
- Fee Bros. American Beauty
- Jack Rudy
- ♥ Monin
- Rose’s
- Sonoma Syrup
Mercy
♥ Jack Rudy Small Batch Tonic
Sauza Sparkling Margaritas

COCKTAIL BITTERS

I don’t really review bitters, but you’ll find these throughout my recipes:

♥ Angostura
Angostura Orange
Bitter End Chesapeake Bay
Bitter End Curry
Bitter End Jamaican Jerk
♥ Bitter End Memphis Barbeque
Bitter End Mexican Mole
♥ Bitter End Moroccan
Bitter End Thai
Dashfire Applewood Smoked Cocktail Sea Salts
♥ Dashfire Vintage Orange No. 1
Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate
Fee Brothers Black Walnut
Fee Brothers Cranberry
Fee Brothers Grapefruit
Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel-Aged
Fee Brothers West Indies Orange
Mr. Lee’s Ancient Chinese Secret
♥ Peychaud’s

BOOKS

Here’s our current cocktail and liquor library. Click the names to view or purchase at Amazon.com. Feeling generous? You can buy us more books from our wishlist.

750 Cocktails and Mixed Drinks by Stuart Walton
The Art of American Whiskey by Noah Rothbaum | our review
♥ The Bartender’s Bible by Gary “Gaz” Regan
Big Shots: The Men Behind the Booze by A.J. Baime
Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel by Peter Krass
♥ Bourbon: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth…. by Fred Minnick | our review
♥ Bourbon Curious by Fred Minnick | our review
The Calvert Party Encyclopedia by Calvert Distillers Co.
Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres: A 2-in-1 Cookbook by Ina Boyd
Cocktail Chronicles by Paul Clarke | our review
The Complete Bartender by Robyn M. Feller
The Complete Book of Spirits and Liqueurs by Cyril Ray
The Craft Cocktail Party by Julie Reiner | our review
Drinking with the Democrats by Mark Will-Weber | our review
Drinking with the Republicans by Mark Will-Weber | our review
♥ The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart| our review at Alibi.com
♥ Essential Bartenders Guide by Robert Hess
♥ The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks by David Embury | our review
♥ Gin: A Global History by Leslie Jacobs Solmonson| our review
God Gave Wine by Kenneth L. Gentry
The Guinness Legend by Michele Guinness
The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by Bernard DeVoto | our review
Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide by Jerry Thomas and Ross Bolton
The Martini Deck by Mittie Helmich
Moonshine! by Matthew Rowley
Need to Know? Whiskies: From Confused to Connoisseur by Dominic Roskrow
♥ New Mexico Cocktails: A History of Drinking in the Land of Enchantment by Greg Mays (that’s me!)
Nobody Likes A Quitter (and other reasons to avoid rehab) by Dan Dunn
Old Man Drinks by Robert Schakenberg
Old Mr. Boston DeLuxe Official Bartenders Guide by Mr. Boston
Old Mr. Boston DeLuxe Official Bartenders Guide 75th Anniversary Edition by Mr. Boston
Saloons of the Old West by Richard Erdoes
♥ The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock
The Search For God and Guinness by Steven Mansfield
The Seeker’s Guide to Bartending by Jennifer Crilley | our review
Shag’s Around the World in 80 Drinks: Cocktails from Athens to Zanzibar by Adam Rocke and Shag
Shag Party: Cocktails and Appetizers to Seduce and Entertain by Adam Rocke and Shag
♥ Shake. Stir. Sip. by Kara Newman | our review
Shaken, not Stirred: a Celebration of the Martini by Anistatia R. Miller and Jared M. Brown
A Tennessee Legend, with a Pictorial of Old Bottles and Jugs by Pat Mitchamore
Tiki Drinks by Adam Rocke and Shag
♥ Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide by Trader Vic Bergeron
Vermouth: The Revival of the Spirit that Created America’s Cocktail Culture by Adam Ford | our review
♥ What, When, Where, and How to Drink by Richard L. Williams and David Myers
Whiskey: A Spirited Story… by Michael Dietch | our review
The Whisky Connoisseur’s Companion by John Lamond
Wine in the Bible and the Church by G.I. Williamson
Wines & Spirits by William Massee

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