Here are some must haves, in no particular order: The Joy of Mixology by Gary Regan The Craft of the tail by Dale Degroff Straight Up by William Grimes The complete book of Spirits by Anthony DIas Blue The Savoy tail Book Vintage (5 replies, last updated by soupkitten August 21, 2007)

Not online, but Gary Regan's book The Joy of Mixology has a fine opening chapter on the history of tails, covers the gamut in fifty pages. The rest of the book is quite enjoyable and useful, too, though the recipes aren’t... (1 reply, last updated by MC Slim JB September 5, 2008)

The first three are musts.I recommend them in this order because the first two give different types of background education you will find invaluable. Gary Regan's Joy of Mixology Dale Degroff’s The Craft of the tail The Savoy... (1 reply, last updated by JMF March 13, 2008)

For many years, what has been considered the go-to guide is Old Mr. Boston’s. It’s terrible. The ones I use for reference around here are The Craft of the tail by Dale DeGroff, and The Joy of Mixology by Gary Regan.... (5 replies, last updated by Alcachofa January 28, 2008)

The catalyst for orange bitters came shortly after Gary Regan came out with his bitters #6 which, although not widely available, was the one of the first commercial bitters that could be purchased easily. Since then people have... (18 replies, last updated by kluemaster June 24, 2009)

Dale DeGroff’s Craft of the tail is very nice. Very much a glossy photo book if you get your inspiration visualy. I also like Gary Regan's Joy of Mixology. This is a less exciting format but a great book that has good... (2 replies, last updated by Will Owen September 26, 2005)

The stirrings bitters are extremely different. I think lax2miami or tpigeon turned me on to them, but they just don’t work as orange bitters (which they also warned me would be the case). You could always make your own.... (6 replies, last updated by Icantread June 12, 2009)

Gary Regan's orange bitters are available online; just google it. (7 replies, last updated by ShadowedOne July 3, 2008)

me into thinking it was acceptable or desirable to drink them. Whoever is doing the soundtrack must love clubbing and be about 22. 4. TANGENT: Gary Regan is shown on here and is a great guy. Unfortunately he irks me because he... (1 reply, last updated by NoeMan August 31, 2007)

“The Craft of the tail” by Dale DeGroff fits what you’re looking for. A beautiful book, with nice pictures, tail history, classic tails as well some more trendy ones. “The Joy of Mixology” by Gary... (16 replies, last updated by BHAppeal January 6, 2007)

. I have almost all of the Fee’s line except the grapefruit and the new rhubarb one, which Joe Fee let me taste at Tales this summer. http://www.feebrothers.com/ Gary Regans, Regans' Orange Bitters No. 6 are a must. They were... (27 replies, last updated by Scortch October 14, 2008)

I don’t know how fancy they are, but Painter’s Tavern in Cornwall-on Hudson (I know, not in Westchester, but nearby) makes a mean tail using top-notch ingredients and techniques. Call them to find out when my old... (11 replies, last updated by JMF May 15, 2007)

orange bitters available, made by a number of different companies. If you want to try your hand at making your own, Gary Regan supplies a recipe for orange bitters in his book, The Joy of Mixology. All three are interchangable in... (5 replies, last updated by JK Grence (the Cosmic Jester) April 4, 2005)

. Gary Regan (another excellent resource) uses the 1:1, a book called Atomic tails prescribes 2 sugar to 1 water. Webtender.com says that a thin one is 1:3 sugar to water, medium 1:2, and heavy 1:1. Drinkboy.com (an excellent... (8 replies, last updated by StriperGuy March 31, 2005)

compelled to point out that in the first year I was Drinks Editor (2003) we published a piece by Gary Regan called “Beyond Shaken or Stirred: A Theory of Mixology.” in subsequent years we did many other tail-related... (7 replies, last updated by jeanmarieok October 13, 2009)