Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to
Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories
and Drinks to Professor Jerry
Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
Featuring the Origina by David
Wondrich
Imbibe
A lively, historically informed, and definitive guide to classic American
cocktails. Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the
colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks-and the ultimate
mixologists guide-in this engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the
American bar. Wondrich reveals never-before-published details and
stories about this larger-than-life nineteenth-century figure, along with
definitive recipes for 100 punches, cocktails, sours, fizzes, toddies, slings,

and other essential drinks, plus twenty new recipes from todays top
mixologists, created exclusively for this book. This colorful and good-
humored volume is a mustread for anyone who appreciates the timeless
appeal of a well-made drink-and the uniquely American history behind it.
Personal Review: Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey
Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to Professor Jerry
Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar Featuring the Origina by
David Wondrich
"...and after a Dry Martini or a Sazerac Cocktail or two, we're all cats."
This beautiful, marvelous book is the best book I've read this year. It is
part biography, part history and part mixology. If you enjoy the odd
cocktail or two, you owe a measure of thanks to Jerry Thomas, the
"professor". In the latter half of the 19th century, Jerry (now that I feel like I
know the man) perfected and prodded forward the development of the
cocktail. His life was interesting and productive. The book gives you many
examples from his book (subtitled "the Bon-Vivant's Guide") with modern
translations of the recipes. I have been experimenting with the recipes
myself and have had one or two , um, slow mornings. Well worth it,
however. Get the book for the history and enjoy it with a nice Saratoga
Cocktail, or perhaps the "Tombstone". Just leave the vodka in the
cabinet...forever.
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