This book is dedicated to the youth of North Belfast, with all the best hope for their future. Copyright © 2015 by The Best Bar in the World, LLC Interior photography © 2015 by Brent Herrig Photography Additional photographs (page 1, 2, 3, 4) © 2015 by Drinksology Additional photograph © 2015 Sean Muldoon Additional photograph © 2015 durstonphoto.com Additional photograph © 2015
[email protected] Additional photograph © 2015 Filip Wolak Photography A L L R I G H T S R E S E RV E D . Lighting technician: Bryan Tarnowski Prop stylist: Rachel Hornaday For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. www.hmhco.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McGarry, Jack The Dead Rabbit drinks manual: secret recipes and barroom tales from two Belfast boys who conquered the cocktail world / Jack McGarry, Sean Muldoon, Ben Schaffer; photography by Brent Herrig. pages cm ISBN 978-0-544-37320-4 (hardcover); 978-0-544-37339-6 (ebook) 1. Cocktails. 2. Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog (New York, N.Y.) I. Muldoon, Sean. II. Schaffer, Ben. III. Title. TX951.M154 2015 641.87‘4—dc23 2014043215 Book design by Steve Attardo/NINETYNORTH Design v1.1015 Introduction How to Open the Best Bar in the World, Twice Notes on Glassware A Note on Spirits and Ingredients Drinks Communal Punch Punches for the Bar Use Sours and Fizzes Fixes and Daisies Cups and Cobblers Juleps and Smashes Slings and Toddies Flips, Possets, and Nogs Bishops Cocktails Absinthe Diverse and Invalid Drinks Index Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry launched and ran one of the best bars in the world.