Cocktail guide for conniosseurs / text by André Dominé and Matthias Stelzig ; photography by Armin Faber and Thomas Pothmann.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: From al-kuhl to cocktail / Andre Domine -- For a special occasion -- Fine for a time -- To your good health? 18 Spirit and intellect: the distillation idea -- Remedy and indulgence 22 Distillation: classic -- Distillation: modern -- Elixirs and profits 28 Everyday alcohol -- Modern style -- Location bar / Matthias Stelzig -- Barely respectable -- Old expatriate bars -- Exotically seductive -- Unmistakably Cuban -- Obviously famous -- Chic bars -- Ever changing bars -- Cool and clinical -- Highly approachable -- Philippe Starck's bars -- Behind the bar / Matthias Stelzig -- Getting started -- The tools of the trade -- Measuring out -- Mixing and shaking -- Glasses -- Ice for the bar -- Fruit juices -- Soft drinks and waters -- Sugar, syrup, etc -- Garnishes -- Basic techniques -- Garnishing and serving -- The mise-en-place -- Cocktails and drinks / Matthias Stelzig -- From highball to pick-me-up -- Inspirational: bitter aperitifs --

Contents note continued: Inspirational: champagne cocktails -- Inspirational: Manhattan -- Classic: sours -- Classic: martinis and gin drinks -- Classic: multitalents -- Classic: vodka -- Absolut quality -- Classic: shooters and short drinks -- Classic: legends -- Refreshing: classic long drinks -- Refreshing: highballs -- Refreshing: fizzes and Collinses -- Calvados -- Refreshing: fizzes -- Refreshing: daisies and crustas -- Refreshing: juleps and smashes -- Fruity: sangria and cold punches -- Fruity: bowls -- Fruity: coolers and cobblers -- Tropical: daiquiris -- Rum -- Tropical: sunrises -- Tropical: margaritas and coladas -- How to drink tequila -- Tropical: margaritas -- Tropical: coladas -- Tropical: Caribbean punches and swizzles -- Cachaca -- Tropical: cachaca drinks -- Tropical: mocktails with a dash -- Whimsical: molecular drinks -- Whimsical: spicy drinks and fancies -- Invigorating: flips -- Invigorating: eggnogs -- Invigorating: pick-me-ups --

Contents note continued: Salubrious: after-dinner drinks -- Salubrious: sweet drinks -- Salubrious: cold coffee drinks -- Salubrious: pousse-cafes -- Heated: hot punches, slings, and toddies -- Heated: hot coffee drinks -- Virgin: (non-alcoholic) drinks -- Virgin: mocktails -- Virgin: exotic lemonades -- Virgin: smoothies -- Virgin: mixed milk drinks -- Endmatter.