Drinks: A User's Guide

Drinks: A User's Guide is an essential primer for anyone who's ready to graduate from shots of Baileys chased down with Corona. With the help of this engaging and enlightening volume, you will feel knowledgeable enough to walk up to the bar with the full Hemingway swagger and get a damn good drink -- and be able to fix one at home.Topics include:How to equip and stock a home bar Basic and not-so-basic terms (single malt, IPA, infusion, IBU, VSOP, etc.)How to make a flawless martini (and why you should always use gin, never vodka) What all those random liqueurs on the back of the bar taste like, what they're actually for How to order wine at a restaurant without dying a little inside Which delicious sparkling wine to buy when you're too cheap or broke to spring for Champagne Scotch to buy for the boss, and for yourselfDrinking -- after work, out on the town, and in the comfort of your own home (complete with witty repartee, of course) -- will once again be elevated to an art form, and those awkward, anxious encounters with alcohol will be a thing of the distant past.