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The Mix Master™ Cocktail Rolodex BMM Click Here

The Mix Master™ Cocktail Rolodex
Rated #1 Among Bartenders!
An ultimate collection of recipes in alphabetical order. Includes all of today's popular shooters, highballs, cream drinks, tropical drinks, margaritas, martinis, manhattans, pina coladas, coffee drinks, classics, X-RATED cocktails and more. Ask yourself this, "If a customer ordered a Dirty Girl Scout, a 57 T-Bird with Florida Plates, or a Goom Bay Smash would I really know what to make?" ....click photo

The Mix Master™ Swivel Rolodex BMM Click Here

The Mix Master™ Swivel Cocktail Rolodex
Rated #1 Among Bartenders!
An ultimate collection of recipes in alphabetical order. Includes all of today's popular shooters, highballs, cream drinks, tropical drinks, margaritas, martinis, manhattans, pina coladas, coffee drinks, classics, X-RATED cocktails and more. Ask yourself this, "If a customer ordered a Dirty Girl Scout, a 57 T-Bird with Florida Plates, or a Goom Bay Smash would I really know what to make?" ....click photo

Mix Master Cards Only BMM-01 Click Here

$ 29.95

6 and up price $24.95

The Mix Master™ Cards Only
Rated #1 Among Bartenders!
An ultimate collection of recipes in alphabetical order. Includes all of today's popular shooters, highballs, cream drinks, tropical drinks, margaritas, martinis, manhattans, pina coladas, coffee drinks, classics, X-RATED cocktails and more. Ask yourself this, "If a customer ordered a Dirty Girl Scout, a 57 T-Bird with Florida Plates, or a Goom Bay Smash would I really know what to make?" ....click photo 25987

The Little Black Book of... Click Here

$ 9.95

The Little Black Book of...

A series of 6 books, spiral bound, 4.25" wide x 5.75" tall.
An essential guide on Beer, Wine, Cocktails, Shots & Shooters, Party Games, and Martinis.

Diffordsguide #7 - B-DG7 Click Here

$ 35.00

Diffords Guide to Cocktails #7
This seventh edition features over 2,250 simple to follow cocktail recipes and instructions. Widely regarded as the most complete and authoritative cocktail publication available. Diffords Guide to Cocktails volume 7 clearly list the ingredients for each recipe, the correct glass to use, and the appropriate garnish. Each recipe is accompanied by a color photograph to show how the finished drink should look. Besides the recipes, this publication contains a brief history of cocktails, as well as covering the types of tools needed and the uses of each. Useful instructions and tips for beginners and professionals alike. Hardback edition. 432 Pages.

Guide to Hip Bartenders and Wayout Wannabes B-MCG-HIP Click Here

$ 14.95

Miss Charming's Guide to Hip Bartenders and Wayout Wannabes
Your Ultimate One-Stop Bar and Cocktail Resource.
Miss Charming's Guide for Hip Bartenders and Wayout Wannabes is a new approach to the top-selling bartending category, providing readers with all of the insider tips they need to become a top-shelf bartender-at home or as a career.

Wine For Dummies 4th Edition B-WFD Click Here

$ 21.99

Wine For Dummies, 4th Edition
Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The #1 wine book has been extensively updated! If you’re a connoisseur, Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition will get you up to speed on what’s in and show you how to take your hobby to the next level. If you’re new to the world of wine, it will clue you in on what you’ve been missing and show you how to get started. It begins with the basic types of wine, how wines are made, and more.

Whiskey and Spirits For Dummies B-WSFD Click Here

$ 19.99

Whiskey and Spirits For Dummies
Would you like to better appreciate fine distilled spirits? Whiskey & Spirits For Dummies is your complete guide to selecting and enjoying this family of noble beverages, flavor by flavor. From whiskey, rum, and brandy to vodka, gin, and cordials, this handy reference traces the history of distilled spirits, explains how they are made, and shows you how to evaluate, serve, and savor them. Ever wonder why the Irish spell it “whiskey” and the Scottish “whisky”? This friendly book tells you as it reveals where the first whiskeys — or “dark” spirits — originated and how they came to the United States. It also explores the origins of clear spirits and the different varieties of each. You’ll compare American and European vodkas, see how to make the new and improved all-purpose Martini, and follow the spread of flavored rums across the globe. A slew of sidebars give you fascinating tidbits of information about these spirits....

Bartending For Dummies, 3rd Edition B-BFD Click Here

$ 16.99

Bartending For Dummies, 3rd Edition
1,000 + recipes and great party tips

Get the latest bar buzz on how to host, mix, shake, pour, and more. Want to concoct the perfect cocktail? From today's popular Mojitos and Martinis to classics like Manhattans and Margaritas, you'll be able to sip and entertain with a special twist. Get the scoop on everything from liquors, wine, and beer to Scotch, tequila, the latest tools of the trade, and more. 384 pages.

The Bartender's Best Friend: B-BBF Click Here

$ 19.95

The Bartender's Best Friend:
A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks
The ultimate bartending guide!
Proven recipes, step-by-step instructions, and much, much more.

More than 850 recipes–listed alphabetically
Clear, step-by-step instructions and problem-solving tips
Fast-find icons–for classics, shooters, party punches, and more
Companion Web site for the latest drink innovations
Waterproof, wipe-dry cover with place-keeping ribbon
Mini-course on professional bartending

Mr. Boston: Official Bartender's and Party Guide B-MRB Click Here

$ 12.95

Mr. Boston: Official Bartender's and Party Guide
All-New Edition
The up-to-date new edition of America’s bestselling drink-mixing guide
America's favorite drink-mixing guide since 1935, Mr. Boston: Official Bartender's and Party Guide has been the resource of choice for generations of professionals and amateurs alike.

Now this classic is better than ever, with updated information, 100 contemporary new drink recipes, and all-new photography. More than 1,400 recipes range from classic cocktails to today's trendiest drinks, all presented alphabetically with clear, easy-to-follow instructions. With the latest lowdown on liquors, beers, and wines, plus savvy advice on equipment, bar setup, and more, Mr. Boston has it all.

Mr. Boston, part of the Barton Brands group, has been a widely recognized name in the bartending world for more than 60 years. The Mr. Boston brand includes a range of liquors and prepared cocktails as well as this 66th printing of the Official Bartender's and Party Guide. Hardcover. 256 pages.

Mr. Boston Platinum Edition B-MRBP Click Here

$ 19.95

Mr. Boston Platinum Edition
1,500 Recipes, Tools, and Techniques for the Master Mixologist
America's Favorite Drink Mixing Guide Goes Platinum
Mr. Boston raises the bar with this distinctive platinum edition of America'sbest-selling drink mixing bible. This expanded guide offers up: 1,500 drink recipes, Trade tips from mixology masters, Tools, techniques, and garnishes, Distilled spirits, beers, and wines, and much more. Hardcover. 290 pages.

1001 Questions B-QEB Click Here

$ 15.95

1001 Questions
Every Bartender and Lounge Lizard Should Know How to Answer
Which side of the bar are you on? It doesn't matter when it comes to perusing the 1000+ questions and answers in this all new trivia masterpiece by Robert Plotkin.

Some questions are intriguing, some obscure, there are even specialty tests throughout, but most are vital to any bar aficionado who wants to have a high "IQ" factor.

So whether you are managing a bar and want to make sure your employees are well-trained and knowledgeable or know someone who needs to be at a bar stumping whoever is behind it, this is a must have for the beverage expert. 114 Pages.

Bartending Secrets Exposed B-BSE Click Here

$ 97.95

Bartending Secrets Exposed
How To Make Obscene Amounts of Cash Bartending!
Discover The Real Secrets To Landing The Bartending Job of Your DREAMS Making Hundreds in Cash Per Night… 100% Guaranteed! (huge 250 pg 8.5 x 11 manual + 5 CD Audio Program)

At Last! Discover The Real Secrets To Landing The Bartending Job of Your DREAMS Making Hundreds in Cash Per Night... 100% Guaranteed!

The Daily Cocktail B-TDC Click Here

$ 19.95

The Daily Cocktail
365 Intoxicating Drinks and the Outrageous Events That Inspired Them

Have your own happy hour every day of the year with this delightful cocktail cookbook. From martinis, shots, and margaritas to classics like Manhattans, Alexanders, juleps, fizzes, old-fashioneds, and rickeys, you'll find intoxicating delights for every season.

Each day has its own page, with detailed directions, variations on the cocktail du jour, suggestions for snacks to serve with it, colorful quotes about drinks and drinking, and more.

Drinktionary B-DRK Click Here

$ 28.95

Drinktionary
Drinktionary® is the only book you'll ever need. It's complete, modern and easy to use. With over 5,000 cocktail recipes and over 1200 shooter recipes, it is a universal guide that can be used in any setting-from a five star restaurant in New York City to a local bar in Rome, or just a private party with your friends.

Successful Cocktail Waitressing B-SCW Click Here

$ 14.95

Successful Cocktail Waitressing
Everyone wants to be the bartender, and sometimes the best way to get there is to start by being a server or a barback. In the case of females its becoming a Successful Cocktail Waitress. The first book of its kind ever seen by BarProducts.com. Take the advice given by this Successful Waitress and you could be earning more tips while becoming more efficient. 66 Pages. 6"W x 9"H

Caribbean Rum and Drinks B-CRG Click Here

$ 19.95

The Original Guide to Caribbean Rum and Drinks
This is possibly the world's best collection of rum drink recipes. Filled with over four hundred exotic, delicious, and thirst-quenching recipes, Caribe Rum, The Original Guide to Caribbean Rum and Drinks also includes descriptions and tasting notes of over one hundred of the finest rums from the Caribbean.

The Original Guide to American Cocktails B-BCD Click Here

$ 24.95

The Original Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks
You don't have to be an expert to make great drinks, just have the best drink guide. You will find dozens of infusions, 294 shooter drinks, 249 blended and ice cream drinks, 214 tropical drinks, and 256 Martinis and Manhattons. This fourth edition also includes over 100 champagne drinks, a lot more Bloody Mary variations, 45 mixed beer drinks, 22 Long Island Iced Teas, plus much more.

The Original Pocket Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks B-TPG Click Here

$ 14.95

The Original Pocket Guide to American Cocktails and Drinks
There's Never Been a More Complete Drink Recipe Guide.
You don't have to be an expert to make great drinks, just have the best drink guide.

Here's where you'll find all of the latest, best tasting drink recipes that you've been looking for, all in a handy pocket size guide! Inside there's over 300 martinis and manhattans, dozens of infusions, over 100 champagne drinks and 300 shooters. All the updated classics are included: 250+ tropical drinks, over 300 blended and ice cream drinks, more than 27 Long Island Ice Teas, lots of Bloody Mary variations, plus much more. 145 reviews of the hotest products on the market today, including tasting notes and product profiles. These are the liqours and liqueurs you need to know to be the hippest host and to make great drinks. And this guide is completely cross indexed, alowing you to look up drinks by a number or different ways, virtually gauranteeing that you'll find the drink you want, making you the star of the show.

Original Alcohol-Free Drink Guide B-ALF Click Here

$ 15.95

The Original Guide to Alcohol-Free Beverages and Drinks
Inside you will find over 400 of the most creative and delicious alcohol-free drink recipes ever compiled into one collection. The recipes span the breadth of alcohol-free mixology, plus hot coffee, tea and cocoa specialties, ice cream drinks and specialties made with lemonade, juices and sparkling cider.

Guide to Margaritas and Tequila B-TM Click Here

$ 21.95

The Original Guide to Margaritas and Tequila
Our hottest new title, now in it's 2nd printing! It doesn't get any better than this when it comes to margaritas. Taste-tested and responsibly portioned, these are some of the best drinks you will ever taste. You'll ¡Toma! (drink) Margaritas! like it's Cinco de Mayo year round! It's the ultimate margarita and tequila book. ...click photo

On the Rocks B-OTR Click Here

$ 5.95

On the Rocks
Cocktail Recipes, Jokes, Drinking Games, Hangover Relief and More! An entertaining, pocket size book. 100 pages.

The Bartender's Black Book B-BBB Click Here

$ 11.95

The Bartender's Black Book
8th Edition
Whether you are a novice or a professional, this bar guide has been designed to assist you in mixing the hottest new drinks as well as the old standards. ... click photo for more details

Simply Shooters B-SS Click Here

$ 9.95

Simply Shooters
With over 20 years in the business, both as a bartender and bartending school instructor, author Eugene Coolik knows Shooters. Simply Shooters is just that, over 1100 Shooters of all types and from every corner of the country.

Around the World in 80 Drinks B-80DRK Click Here

$ 4.95

Around the World in 80 Drinks
Cocktails from Athens to Zanzibar
5.8 x 7.3 in. 80 pages.
This irresistible blend of mixology and Shag-adelic art, in a handy gift book format, gives the reader a taste of the good life, 1950s-style. In this world tour of cocktail culture from famed retro artist Shag and his drinking buddy, Adam Rocke, Shag's yesteryear hipsters sip classic and contemporary drinks in Tokyo, Moscow, Luxor, Peking, Rio, Buenos Aires, Maui, Miami, Paris, Venice, San Francisco, New York, and even more exotic locales, including outer space. This bubbly book, a must for the modern bachelor pad or home tiki lounge, features 30 four-color spreads of Shag art, accompanied by 80 of Adam Rocke's most enticing cocktail creations. The introduction features a bar setup guide and mixing tips.

Shag Party B-SPTY Click Here

$ 4.95

Shag Party
Cocktails and Appetizers to Seduce and Entertain
5.8 x 7.3 in. 64 pages.
In Shag Party, Adam Rocke and Shag, tiki culture's most acclaimed artist, have devised eight soirees, accompanying each with drink recipes and simple 1950s-era appetizers guaranteed to transform any lounge or bachelor pad into retro heaven. Each Shag-illustrated party revives the sophistication of postwar pop culture. Themes include Tiki Luau, Halloween Party, Bongo Beat, New Year's Bash, South of the Border Samba, Las Vegas Night, Seduction for Two, and Night Club Night. Fans of the Mai Tai, Side Car, or Manhattan will find it hard to resist this pop art collector's item.

Shag's Tiki Drinks Deck G-TDD Click Here

$ 4.95

Shag's Tiki Drinks Deck
52 Drinks to Shake Your Way to Paradise
52 Beautifully Illustrated Drink Cards for your tiki deck. 6 Parasol Picks included with purchase. 4 x 6 in.
Light the torches and grab the tiny paper umbrellas the ultimate guide to delicious tiki beverages can be found in this colorful boxed deck of cards that features retro hipster artist Shag's witty illustrations. In this variant on Tiki Drinks, former bartender Adam Rocke selects his favorite luau libations and cool cocktails. The effect of "tiki" or "boat" drinks, he says, is to evoke the sensation of being marooned on an exotic island with a bevy of insignificant others eager to do your bidding. Fifty-two of the best tropical drink recipes are featured here, including piqa coladas, daiquiris, punches, margaritas, freezes, coolers, and other classics that will conjure island breezes and rolling waves. Lesser-known but equally transporting drinks include such creative variations as the Pirate's Cove, Buccaneer, Zombie, Frozen Mudslide, and Bahama Mama. In addition to serving up liquid exotica, Rocke offers tips on mixers, glasses, and serving techniques all necessary accoutrements of the pro or amateur bartender who wants to keep the natives restless.

Tiki Drinks B-TIKI Click Here

$ 4.95

Tiki Drinks
Light the torches and grab the tiny paper umbrellas - the handbook of delicious tiki beverages is here. In Tiki Drinks, former bartender Adam Rocke selects his favorite tropical libations. The effect of "tiki" or "boat" drinks, says the author, is to evoke the sensation of being marooned on a tropical island with a bevy of insignificant others eager to do your bidding. 50 of the best tropical drink recipes include pina coladas, daiquiris, tropical punches, margaritas, freezes, coolers, and other classics that will conjure island breezes and rolling waves. Lesser-known but equally transporting drinks include such creative variations as the Pirate's Cove, Buccaneer, Zombie, Frozen Mudslide, and Bahama Mama. In addition to serving up liquid exotica, Rocke offers tips on mixers, glasses, and serving techniques - all necessary accoutrements of the pro or amateur bartender who wants to keep the natives restless.
4.6 x 7 in. 64 pages.

Drink Master CD-DM1 Click Here

$ 13.95

Drink Master Cocktail Recipe CD
The Drink Master Cocktail Recipe CD is a windows based drink recipe guide. Simply insert this CD in your computer and you'll have instant access to over 1300 recipes. Great for home or professional use. Click photo for more info.

Bartending Inside-Out B-BIO Click Here

$ 14.95

Bartending Inside-Out
Finally, a book that goes far beyond the boundaries of traditional bar books. Author Lori Marcus knows the business and tells it like it is. Subjects include: Pouring Techniques, How to Maximize Sales and Tips, Liquor Production, Responsible Service, Recipes, Drink Preparation and Toasts. A wealth of bartending information -from macro to micro. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 146 pages.

Professional Bartender's Training Manual B-CBTM Click Here

$ 16.95

The Professional Bartender's Training Manual
Back by popular demand for a limited time only! It's all of the basics when it comes to bartending training. Increases consistency of product and service. Create work expectations of your service team that make sense. Establish the all-important guidelines to provide a consistent, professional work environment. Great support for your best professional efforts.
~ Robert Plotkin ~ 50 pages ~ 8.5" x 11" ~
~ self cover ~

Stupid Bar Tricks B-SBT Click Here

$ 5.95

Stupid Bar Tricks
Great way to turn a "slow" night into a happening one! Contains 27 tricks, gags and puzzles. Each trick is beautifully illustrated for easy learning! Great "ice breakers" by Adam Stieinfeld. 95 pages.

Keepin' It Simple Baby B-KISB Click Here

$ 11.95

Keepin' It Simple Baby
Pocket Guide To Mixology
Rest at ease behind your bar with this 180 drink recipe guide. This pocket size (4 1/4 X 5 1/2 inch), laminated guide offers quick reference to many popular drinks and shooters. Included is glassware information and mixing instructions.

Mad About Shooters Baby B-MASB Click Here

$ 11.95

Mad About Shooters Baby
Pocket Guide to Shotology
Liven up your bar with this 250 shot recipe guide. This pocket size (4 1/4 X 5 1/2 inch), laminated guide offers quick reference to many popular and bizarre shooters. Included is a liquor / liqueur gravity index, mixing instructions and shooter rating system. Your customers will enjoy looking thru this one as well.

The Wine & Food Matching Wheel B-WFMW Click Here

$ 2.95

6 & up price $1.95

The Wine & Food Matching Wheel
From salads to sushi, chocolate to cheese, rotate the window in the top wheel to a menu or food type selection to reveal an appropriate wine selection. Great for learning. Each wheel is packed in a transparent vinyl envelope. 8" diameter.

The Pink Drink Book B-FPD Click Here

The Pink Drink Book
Over 1500 Recipes, Cocktails of the 21st Century, Quick reference for Martinis, Blender and Pink Cocktails, Calories, Carbohydrates and Charts... 20% of the profits will be donated to ''A Time For ME''.Read more about The Pink Drink Book at www.PinkDrinkBook.com

Girls' Night B-GNT Click Here

$ 10.95

Girls' Night
The Best Pink Drinks...Girls' Night is chock-full of cocktail recipes distinctly designed with women in mind. Featuring over 1,000 cocktails and a wealth of bartending tips, this book is sure to please ladies who love libations.

Featuring recipes from America's best bartenders, the readers of bartender magazine and www.bartender.com, this book contains the best women's drinks served in professional bars.