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[email protected]. 24681097531 www.sterlingpublishing.com CONTENTS introduction bar basics the recipes brandy gin rum tequila vodka whiskey & bourbon champagne & wine bitters & other spirits punches, cups & eggnogs liqueurs shooters hot drinks Calabrese classics non-alcoholic index acknowledgments introduction They call me the Maestro: I've been creating cocktails fo r nearly forty years.