McDonough's Bar-Keepers' Guide and Gentlemen's Sideboard Companion

A Comprehensive and Practical Guide for Preparing all Kinds of Plain and Fancy Mixed Drinks and Popular Beverages of the Day According to the Approved and Accepted Methods of the Profession

"This Book is Designed more Particularly for Club-Houses and Rooms, for Steamboats, Sample Rooms, and the Gentleman's Sideboard. To the Recipes for Beverages there has been Appended a Number of other Valuable Suggestions and Recipes."

This vintage book contains a comprehensive and practical guide to preparing all kinds of plain and fancy mixed drinks and popular beverages, with directions for making cocktails containing absinthe, cider, vermouth, sherry, soda, wine, gin, and more. It was originally designed for club-houses and rooms, steamboats, sample rooms, and the gentleman's sideboard. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in cocktail making, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “The Cocktail”, “Champagne Cocktail”, “Brandy Cocktail”, “Whisky Cocktail”, “Gin Cocktail”, “Brunswick Cocktail”, “Morning Glory Cocktail”, “Absinthe Cocktail”, “Sherry Cocktail”, “Vermouth Cocktail”, “Frosted Cocktail”, “Fruit Cocktail”, “Cider Cocktail”, “Cider Cocktail”, “Soda Cocktail”, etc.

Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on cocktail and beverage making.