This beautifully illustrated book would make a great gift for tried-and-true cocktail lovers, the traveller with an appreciation for design and nuggets of history, or the hotel bar design aficionados who love to look behind the bar.

Description

• Author: Alia Akkam
• Publisher: Hardie Grant London
• Format: Hardcover
• 176 pages
• Dimensions: 18.7 x 16.8cm

Not only is this the perfect cocktail recipe book to up your cocktail party game with all the essential drinks any bartender needs to master, it's also a fun book with interesting tales from some of the world's most influential bars and hotels. Learn to make cocktail recipes like the Singapore Sling from the Long Bar at the Raffles in Singapore, Australia's own Above Martini from the Blu Bar on 36 at the Shangri-La in Sydney, and the Bellini from Gritti Palace in Italy. Plus, enjoy anecdotes, interesting facts and inside gossip supplied by the barkeeps and hotel personalities themselves.

Behind the Bar offers cocktail lovers 50 signature cocktails from the most iconic hotel bars around the world. Plus, goes one step further to look behind the bar at the design choices and hotel bar architecture of these famous hotels. Hotel lobbies and bars have long been seen as the meeting place for global travellers. Beyond the cocktails and the ritual of sharing a drink, Behind the Bar: 50 Cocktail Recipes from the World's Most Iconic Hotels reveals why so many hotel bars have endured through the years to make an impact on the modern world.