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Subject: Re: New BT looking for advice
From: Kent Garber
Posted: Thu Apr 19. 2001, 15:13 UTC
Followup to: "Re: New BT looking for advice"  by Kip  (Thu Apr 19. 2001, 04:16 UTC)
This a copy of a letter that I wrote to Julian the Web master at 
www.thecocktailpage.com  (He is located in France)

Tue, Feb 20, 2001, Kent Garber wrote:
  
Julian,
 
    I find while searching through bar books and searching through different 
WEB sites that some drinks will have different names but be made with the 
exact same ingredients and the exact amounts of each of those ingredients.  
And I find, that some drinks will have the same name, but are made with 
different ingredients, or the same ingredients, but different amounts of each 
of those ingredients.  Is there any location that stores the recipes for all 
drinks or is it a free-for-all?
 
Kent Garber


Hi Kent,

As far as I know, the IBA (International Bartending Association) maintains a 
list of about 50 to 100 classical drinks, which are defined precisely.

For the rest, well, I guess it's more or less a free-for-all, as you say.  I'm 
not sure that different bartenders would agree on drink names or ingredients, 
not to mention bartenders from different countries.

For example, I was quite sure that the "Blue lagoon" was a standard drink. In 
many bars, they did not know it, in some; they'd call it Blue Hawaii, in other 
some other name. Sometimes, they'd use gin, some other time vodka...

It would be nice it in the long term if my site or another could become a 
"reference", but this is probably not going to happen soon.

Cheers,

Julien -- Webmaster

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Kip,

On other forums drinkers have asked the same questions.
   
I have researched many drinks.  Hot Apple pie, Irish Lady, martinis, Mexican 
Martini, etc. and some of the recipes don't even use the same ingredients.  
The most diverse recipe is probably the Mexican Martini, about every 
establishment has it's own unique recipe.  I find it is almost a waste of time 
to refer to a drink recipe with a name.

I hope this information helps.  

Kent Garber


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