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The Cocktail Library

An opinionated guide to the bottles worth buying and the drinks worth making — curated for the bar, evaluated purely for utility.

The Contents

Three ways in

Every recommendation earns its place — chosen for the bar, judged purely on what it does in a glass.

01
The Drinks
Recipes

Two hundred and forty-one cocktails. Three hundred and thirty-five recipes. Classics, modern standards, and a few things worth arguing about — every one built around the bottles in this library.

  • 01Stirred & spirit-forward
  • 02Shaken & citrus
  • 03Long drinks, aperitifs & more
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02
The Bottles
Spirits

Eight categories. Forty-eight bottles. Six tiers per category, evaluated for mixing utility — not sipping prestige.

  • 01Gin · Tequila · Mezcal · Scotch
  • 02Whiskey · Brandy · Rum
  • 03Absinthe · Aquavit · Cachaça & more
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03
The Craft
Technique

Method, kit, and vessel. The decisions behind every drink — temperature, dilution, texture — and the tools that make them possible.

  • 01Bar technique & method
  • 02Equipment & the kit
  • 03Glassware
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241 cocktails
335 recipes
48 bottles reviewed
9 batched for service
 Continuously revised, never finished 
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