Debonair

With single-malt Scotch and ginger liqueur.

Get to know your tail.

With Scotch, vermouth, and pineapple juice.

10 Beginner Cookbooks

Helpful titles for the novice cook.

The Conference You Wish You Went To

A report from Tales of the tail.

Great books on tail making.

The author of The Joy of Mixology offers a lesson on bar-speak for part-time tipplers.

Bourbon fans may have been disappointed by the lack of serious bourbon talk in these last few reports. The following podcast—long but informative—is for them. JB and I ramble on and on, running down what we’ve...

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....