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Welcome! I’m David, an ex-professional cocktail instructor and creator of Make Cocktails at Home.
If we want to make great drinks we need to start with a solid understanding of the basics: the ingredients we’ll be using, our equipment, how and why we mix the drinks, and so on.
Check out the links below to quickly get up-to-speed. You’ll be a cocktail mixing master before you know it!
Essential Ingredients
- Essential Ingredients for your home cocktail bar (incl. spirits, liqueurs, bitters and more)
- Make Sugar Syrup at home
- How to make Grenadine at home
Essential Equipment
Mixing Methods
Understand your Ingredients
- The Easy Guide to Alcohol – Fermentation, Distillation and Spirits
- The Easy Guide to Alcohol – Liqueurs
- Cocktails Deconstructed
- Easy Guide to Lime Juice – Fresh Lime, Roses Cordial and the Gimlet