Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: World of Cocktails -- My Cocktail Life -- World's Top 30 Cocktail Bars -- History of the Cocktail -- Around the World in 500 Cocktails -- Chapter 2: Cocktail Styles -- Classic Aperitifs -- The Negroni -- Pick-Me-Ups -- Bar Profile: Harry's Bar Venice -- The Bellini -- Modern Aperitifs -- Bartender Profile Charles Vexenat Bar 1805, Ibiza Town, Ibiza -- Bartender Profile Ago Perrone The Connaught -- Bar Profile The Connaught London -- Bar Profile Milk & -- Honey London -- Classic Digestifs -- Modern Digestifs -- Coffee Cocktails -- Bartender Profile Alex Kratena Artesian Bar -- Bar Profile Artesian Bar Langham Hotel, London -- Bar Profile Beaufort Bar The Savoy, London -- Classic Punches -- Bartender Profile Al Sotack The Franklin Mortgage & -- Investment Company, Philadelphia -- Bartender Profile Soulshakers London -- Flips & -- Friends -- Disco Drinks -- Mocktails -- Modern Mixing -- Bar Profile Employees Only New York -- Bartender Profile Jim Meehan PDT (Please Don't Tell) -- Bar Profile PDT (Please Don't Tell) New York -- Bartender Profile George Nemec Lost Heaven, Shanghai, China -- Chapter 3: Gin -- Gin History -- Gin Styles -- Gin Classic Cocktails -- Genever -- Bartender Profile Timo Janse Door 74, Amsterdam -- Bar Profile American Bar The Savoy, London -- Bartender Profile Erik Lorincz American Bar -- The Speakeasy -- Bartender Profile Nick van Tiel Beefeater Gin -- The Martini -- Martini Relations -- Modern Martini Mixes -- Profile Javier de las Muelas -- DRY Martini Barcelona -- Gin Modern Mixes -- Bar Profile Portobello Star London -- Bartender Profile Jake Burger Portobello Star -- Bartender Profile Wayne Collins Maxxium UK -- Simple Serves -- Chapter 4: Vodka -- Vodka History -- Vodka Styles -- Vodka Classic Cocktails -- The Cosmopolitan -- The Bloody Mary.

Bar Profile King Cole Bar The St. Regis, New York -- Vodka Modern Mixes -- Bartender Profile Bek Narzibekov City Space Bar -- Bar Profile City Space Bar Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy, Moscow -- Bar Profile Chainaya Tea & -- Cocktails Moscow -- Bartender Profile Jordan Bushell Libation Consulting -- Bartender Profile Claire Smith Belvedere Vodka -- Akvavit -- Profile Nick Kobbernagel Hovind -- Ruby Copenhagen -- Chapter 5: Rum -- Rum History -- Rum Styles -- Rum Classic Cocktails -- The Mojito -- The Daiquiri -- Bar Profile El Floridita Havana, Cuba -- The Piña Colada -- Rum Modern Mixes -- Simple Serves -- Profile Julien "Papa Jules" Gualdoni -- The Cliff St. James, Barbados -- Rum Classic Tiki -- The Mai Tai -- The Zombie -- Tiki Modern Mixes -- Bartender Profile Martin Cate Smuggler's Cove, San Francisco -- Bartender Profile Jeff Berry, drinks author -- Bartender Profile Julie Reiner Lani Kai, New York -- Bartender Profile Brian Miller Lani Kai, New York -- Cachaça -- The Caipirinha -- Bartender Profile John Gakuru Think Spirits -- Chapter 6: Whiskey -- Scotch/Whiskey History -- Scotch/Whiskey Styles -- Scotch Classic Cocktails -- Scotch Modern Mixes -- Bar Profile Bramble Bar Edinburgh -- Profile Julián Díaz & -- 878 Bar Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Bartender Profile Max Warner Chivas Regal -- Classic Bourbon Cocktails -- The Mint Julep -- The Old Fashioned, -- The Sazerac -- The Classic Manhattan -- Modern American Mixes -- Bartender Profile Jeffrey Morgenthaler Clyde Common, Portland -- Bar Profile Death & -- Company New York -- Japanese Styles -- Bartender Profile Zoran Peric Suntory Whisky -- Bartender Profile Manabu Ohtake BelloVisto, Tokyo -- Bar Profile High Five Tokyo -- Sake & -- Shochu -- Bartender Profile Kenta Goto Pegu Club, New York -- Chapter 7: Tequila -- Tequila History -- Tequila Styles -- Tequila Classic Cocktails.

The Margarita -- Tequila Modern Mixes -- Bartender Profile Zahra Bates Providence, Los Angeles -- Bartender Profile Tomas Estes Cafe Pacifico -- Bar Profile Cafe Pacifico London -- Bar Profile La Capilla Tequila, Mexico -- Profile Julio Bermejo -- Tommy's San Francisco -- Chapter 8: Brandy -- Brandy History -- Brandy Styles -- Brandy Classic Cocktails -- The Sidecar -- Bar Profile Harry's New York Bar Paris -- Brandy Modern Mixes -- Simple Serve -- Brandy Modern Twisted Mixes -- Bar Profile Curio Parlor Paris -- Armagnac, Calvados -- Pisco -- Chapter 9: Absinthe -- Absinthe History -- Absinthe Styles -- Absinthe Classic Cocktails -- Absinthe Modern Mixes -- Bar Profile Experimental Cocktail Club Paris -- Chapter 10: Grape & -- Hop -- Grape History & -- Styles -- Wine Classic Cocktails -- Champagne Cocktails -- Wine Modern Mixes -- Bartender Profile Tim Philips Merivale Group -- Bar Profile Black Pearl Melbourne, Australia -- Bartender Profile Alex Day Proprietors LLC -- Beer Cocktails -- Chapter 11: Cocktail Essentials -- Basic Kit -- Glassware -- Syrups, Mixers & -- Infusions -- Bitters -- Liqueurs -- Garnishes -- Techniques 1, Shaking & -- Throwing -- Techniques 2, All the "ings"s -- Techniques 3, Special Techniques, Terms & -- Tips -- Cocktail Index -- Index -- Picture Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Copyright Page.