Cocktails to Make Ahead

Batched & Bottled

Sick of standing in the corner making cocktails while everyone else is having fun? Fed up of having to buy loads of expensive spirits and bitters? Just want to pour a delicious cocktail any time, any place?Batched &amp; Bottled features 50 of the best recipes for batched and bottled cocktails &ndash; cocktails you can pre-make and bottle, and either pour straight over ice or leave to mature for an hour, a month or even a year. You&rsquo;ll have cocktails you can drink when you get in from work, or bottles you can crack open come Christmas/summer/birthday/Friday.From negronis and manhattans to more complex concoctions you can infuse with botanicals or fermented ingredients, the recipes follow the seasons and range from simple, stir-through mixes, to more elaborate drinks that require kitchen prep.

Max and Noel Venning are the brothers behind Three Sheets Bar in Dalston, London which serves batched cocktails including the revered French 75. Max was formerly operations manager at The Drinks Factory (Tony Conigliaro&rsquo;s experimental lab) and ran 69 Colebrooke Row and Bar Termini. Noel formerly ran Crazy Pedro&rsquo;s &ndash; a fun-time cocktail bar in Manchester.

Max Venning

Noel Venning

Batched &amp; Bottled Cocktails features 50 of the best recipes for batched and bottled cocktails &ndash; cocktails you can pre-make and bottle, and either pour straight over ice or leave to mature for an hour, a month or even a year.From Negronis and Manhattans, to more complex concoctions you can infuse with botanicals or fermented ingredients, the recipes follow the seasons and range from simple, stir-through mixes to more elaborate drinks that require kitchen prep.Drinking, just like eating, is best if you follow nature, and match what&rsquo;s going on outside. So, in this book you&rsquo;ll find everything from light, spritzy drinks for the summer and rich, comforting drinks for those quiet, cosy nights in.Sick of standing in the corner making cocktails while everyone else is having fun? Fed up with having to buy loads of expensive spirits and bitters? Just want to pour a delicious cocktail any time, any place? Then Batched &amp; Bottled Cocktails is the book for you.

Noel Venning

Books by Noel Venning

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