‘Tis the season for cocktail parties. If you plan on hosting one, like, EVER, head down to 320 Main Street in Seal Beach for the launch of Home Bar Basics and Not-So Basics, a new book by Dave Stolte that aims to assist the bar beginner or refresh the home expert.
From the press release:
Home Bar Basics is a “concise, pocket-sized, 114-page guidebook to setting up a home cocktail bar with an emphasis on history, quality, and craft. The book includes twenty-five recipes ranging from standards (Old Fashioned, Tom Collins, Sidecar) to tiki classics (Zombie, Navy Grog, Mai Tai) to today’s exciting craft cocktails (Southern Exposure, Penicillin). Tips and techniques include selecting the best spirit brands, making the best ice at home, and to how to choose fresh citrus. The book features fun original illustrations, handy checklists, and easy-to-read instructions that break down these fine libations into foolproof steps. “Home Bar Basics (and Not-So-Basics)” is spiral-bound for easy lay-flat reading and is professionally litho printed in the USA in full color on water-resistant, tear-resistant synthetic paper for durability.” It’s endorsed by Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, mikeroweWORKS.com), Eric Alperin (The Varnish, Milk & Honey, Little Branch), and Paul Harrington (Cocktail: the Drinks Bible for the 21st Century).
“Author, designer, and award-winning illustrator Dave Stolte has spent the last twenty years collecting cocktail recipes, studying techniques, reading yellowed old books, visiting bars around the country, making numerous variations on classic cocktails, researching their history, and pushing these drinks on friends and family. Long story short, he’s a big blowhard about boozing. Dave lives in Southern California with his wife Kristin.”
The launch party starts at 7:00pm Monday, November 28 at 320 Main in Seal Beach. Tickets are $10 at the door, and cocktails from the book are $5. There will be free appetizers and raffle prizes. The event is sponsored by Bulleit, and all profits from book sales and the door cover goes to Cure Duchenne, raising awareness of and researching funds for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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