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Bartending For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Ray Foley

Bartending For Dummies, 4th Edition

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930965

ISBN: 978-0-470-63312-0

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About the Author

Ray Foley, a former Marine with over 30 years of bartending and restaurant experience, is the founder and publisher of BARTENDER Magazine, the only magazine in the world specifically geared toward bartenders and one of the very few primarily designed for servers of alcohol. BARTENDER Magazine is enjoying its 31st year and currently has a growing circulation of over 150,000.

Ray has been published in numerous articles throughout the country and has appeared on many TV and radio shows, including David Susskind, ABC-TV News, CBS News, NBC News, Good Morning America, Patricia McCann, and WOR-TV. Ray has also been featured in major magazines, including Forbes and Playboy.

Ray is the founder of the Bartender Hall of Fame, which honors the best bartenders throughout the United States not only for their abilities as bartenders but for involvement in their communities as well.

Ray serves as a consultant to some of the United States foremost distillers and importers. He is also responsible for naming and inventing new drinks for the liquor industry, the most popular being the Fuzzy Navel.

Ray has the largest collection of cocktail recipe books in the world, dating back to the 1800s, and is one of the foremost collectors of cocktail shakers, with 400 shakers in his collection.

He is the author of Running a Bar For Dummies, The Ultimate Cocktail Book, The Ultimate Little Shooter Book, The Ultimate Little Martini Book, The Irish Drink Book, Jokes, Quotes, and Bartoons, The Ultimate Little Blender Book, The Best Irish Drinks, Vodka 1000, Rum 1000, Tequila 1000, and his non-cocktail book, God Loves Golfers Best.

Ray has four children: Ray, William, Amy, and Ryan, and lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jaclyn.

For more information about BARTENDER Magazine, please contact Jackie Foley at P.O. Box 158, Liberty Corner, NJ 07938; phone 908-766-6006; fax 908-766-6607; e-mail barmag@aol.com ; Web site www.bartender.com.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all who serve the public with long hours, tired bodies, and great patience (and still have fun): bartenders.

And, of course, to Jaclyn Marie, whom I love the best, and Ryan Peter, who loves me the best.

This 4th edition of Bartending For Dummies is dedicated to my very good friend Hans Peter Nelson, 19482010.

Authors Acknowledgments

I would like to pour out my gratitude to Tracy Boggier and the overflowing enthusiasm at John Wiley & Sons.

For mixing all the ingredients properly and adding just the right amount of garnish, Mr. Tim Gallan, the project editor of Bartending For Dummies .

I humbly acknowledge those at BARTENDER Magazine for serving this up at record speed, especially Lauren Saccone.

And for supplying all the ingredients in this mixture and their tremendous support and help, Greg Cohen at Patron Tequila, Chester Brandes, Timo Sutinen, Carolina Marino and Michael Brandes from Sobieski Vodka and Imperial Brands, Vic Morrison at McCormick Distilling, Michel Roux and Jim Nikola at Crillon Importers, the great folks at Bacardi, Jose Cuervo, Diageo, Tabasco, The Food Group, SKYY Spirits, Cointreau, Pussers Rum, Niche Imports, Joel Fishman from Tree Ripe, Alan Lewis at C&C International, William Grant and Sons, Norton Cooper at Charles Jacquin et Cie, Bill Anderson at Infinium Spirits, all the great people at Brown-Forman, Max Shapira, Parker Beam, and Edward DiMuro from Heaven Hill Distilleries, Jose Suarez and Jake Jacobsen at Coco Lopez, the good people at Pernod Ricard, David Rotunno from Mizkan Americas, and the great people from Angostura bitters.

To Jimmy Zazzali for being a great bartender and friend, Matt Wojciak, John Cowan, Mike Cammarano, Marvin Solomon, Annelies Brandes, Jack Foley, Jr., and of course the great Hymie Lipshitz.

And the best general manager and boss, U.S. Marine, and friend, the late great William Boggier.

And a special tip to LeRoy Neiman and Lynn Quayle, George Delgado, Foster Tennant, Dave Conroy, Rene Bardel, James Howard Wilson, Aurelien de Seze, and Ryan Peter Foley.