num_pages: 480
description: Whether you're a professional bartender or a home enthusiast CO Specs is your indispensable A to Z guide to all the essential classic cocktails. From the Aperol Spritz to the Negroni Martini to Manhattan - learn the recipes and discover the histories and stories behind all of your favourite drinks. With tens of thousands of cocktails in existence how many of those could be considered classic essential or even tasty?  CO Specs distills down to the 200 true classics everyone should know. For Bartenders its a thorough field manual of all the classics you should know. A one stop shop. The book I wish Id had (and spent far too long creating). For the Home Enthusiast  whether youre shaking up a few cocktails after a long day or mixing something to impress your dinner guests youll find all of your favourite cocktails (as well as many gems yet undiscovered) among the CO Specs. Be confident youre making them correctly and impress your friends with insightful trivia. BUILT FOR HEAVY USE Published in a hardbound A5 size it fits nicely in the hand and is easy to carry around. At over 3cm thick its satisfyingly substantial. HISTORY (for cheaters) Theres always debate and discussion about the correct way to make a classic drink. The aim of CO Specs is to illuminate the answer and the reasoning behind it. CO Specs explores the history &amp; fable underpinning each classic drink revealing the original provenance of its appearances in print as if torn straight from the pages of these (sometimes ancient) recipe books. TESTED (TO DEATH) Each drink has been scrutinised tested then tested again to achieve the goldilocks balance of ingredients. Informed by history balanced for now.
language: English
title: CO Specs: Recipes & Histories of Classic Cocktails
publisher: Cazerac Ltd