You don't need expensive liquor or exotic and obscure ingredients to make a craft cocktail. With every drink featuring four ingredients or less, making drinks at home has never been easier for the busy mixologist. This book contains perfect, classic, and budget versions of old favorites-such as the Martini, Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Cosmopolitan, Margarita, and Gin and Tonic-as well as new drinks that will keep you coming back for more.

Inside you'll find:

Over 200 recipes, including some non-alcoholic beverages Must-have bar tools for the successful home bartender Drink recommendations for every occasion Terminology to help you better understand what you are working with Helpful resources to guide you to the perfect places to find all the tools you need for your at-home bar

Spend less time mixing and more time hosting with The Home Bartender: The Third Edition.

Shane Carley was born in New Hampshire, and, after almost a decade in Washington, DC, he has triumphantly returned to the beautiful Granite State. A longtime aficionado of all types of alcohol, Carley jumped at the opportunity to launch a series of cocktail companion books. His love of the written word transcends formal publication, and he currently works as a content developer for award-winning PR agency Matter Communications. Carley is a science fiction enthusiast who hopes someday to make the jump into fiction writing. He once met Warren Ellis and it was the greatest moment of his life.