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Let's Get Tropical: More than 60 Cocktail Recipes from Caribbean Classics to Modern Tiki Drinks
Planning the ultimate summer cocktail party? Dreaming of unwinding on a hot, tropical beach with a cool drink? Bring a taste of the tropics to your home with Let's Get Tropical .
Celebrate summer with over 50 fabulously fruity tropical drinks from tiki mai tais to Cuban mojitos. Discover the origins of these classic cocktail recipes and get the low down on rum, tequila and other popular spirits. If you need a break from the booze, many recipes feature a "lose the booze" option with all the fruity flavor but none of the hangover. Non alcoholic cocktails can be just as fun!
Learn how to mix your drinks like a pro, make delicious, homemade syrups and infusions and create your own flavor combinations. Featuring fun presentation ideas and twists on the classics, get creative and serve your guests a cocktail they will remember - if they haven't had too many piña coladas!
Celebrate summer with over 50 fabulously fruity tropical drinks from tiki mai tais to Cuban mojitos. Discover the origins of these classic cocktail recipes and get the low down on rum, tequila and other popular spirits. If you need a break from the booze, many recipes feature a "lose the booze" option with all the fruity flavor but none of the hangover. Non alcoholic cocktails can be just as fun!
Learn how to mix your drinks like a pro, make delicious, homemade syrups and infusions and create your own flavor combinations. Featuring fun presentation ideas and twists on the classics, get creative and serve your guests a cocktail they will remember - if they haven't had too many piña coladas!
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144 pages, Hardcover
Published May 14, 2019
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February 12, 2019
A decidedly helpful and informative guide to tropical drinks. I really appreciated the tips on mixing skills, types of glasses, presentation, etc. - they're going to be great help for a novice like me! The reinventions of some of the traditional drinks were also inspiring; it freed me to feel like I could experiment more instead of sticking rigidly to the recipes. Everything looked delicious, and I can't wait to get tropical!
I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.
I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.
March 1, 2019
I received this book as an advance reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed the format of the companion volume - Let’s Get Fizzical - so much that I requested an advance reader copy of Let’s Get Tropical as soon as I saw it pop up on NetGalley. My hope was that all the winning aspects of the companion volume - the illustrated recipes, the simple variations, and the gorgeous photographs - would be duplicated in this volume. I was not disappointed!
The book is divided into two parts: roughly forty pages of introductory matter and roughly one hundred pages of classic and modern cocktail recipes. The introductory matter started with a history of tropical cocktails and a primer on rum, then progressed through seemingly standard sections on mixology tools and techniques, and finished with specific information on how to design, garnish, and serve tropical cocktails. My favorite pages in this section were the “Make Your Own Mix” pages, which explained the 1-2-3-4 formula to inventing your own tropical drink.
The recipes did not disappoint. They were well illustrated and gorgeously photographed. Many of the recipes had “reinventions,” some of which were even alcohol free. I was happy that I saw a lot of my favorites - Blue Lagoon, Mai Tai, Hurricane, Mojito - but with the authentic recipes (as opposed to the simplified recipes that I use). There were also a lot of fabulous traditional tiki drinks that I had heard of but never tasted. It was curious that the Pornstar Martini appeared both in this book and the previous sparkling cocktails book, but that was the only recipe to overlap between the two. Even curiouser was that the recipe in this book had a shot of champagne served on the side, whereas in the sparkling cocktails book the champagne was integral to the drink. Which way is the right way to prepare the drink? Both look good! After the classics, there were about a dozen recipes for “modern tropical” cocktails. These were also quite interesting, although more varied and exotic in the ingredients, so they would be lower on my list of the recipes to attempt.
I have yet to mix any of the cocktails from this book. When I do, I will update this review.
I enjoyed the format of the companion volume - Let’s Get Fizzical - so much that I requested an advance reader copy of Let’s Get Tropical as soon as I saw it pop up on NetGalley. My hope was that all the winning aspects of the companion volume - the illustrated recipes, the simple variations, and the gorgeous photographs - would be duplicated in this volume. I was not disappointed!
The book is divided into two parts: roughly forty pages of introductory matter and roughly one hundred pages of classic and modern cocktail recipes. The introductory matter started with a history of tropical cocktails and a primer on rum, then progressed through seemingly standard sections on mixology tools and techniques, and finished with specific information on how to design, garnish, and serve tropical cocktails. My favorite pages in this section were the “Make Your Own Mix” pages, which explained the 1-2-3-4 formula to inventing your own tropical drink.
The recipes did not disappoint. They were well illustrated and gorgeously photographed. Many of the recipes had “reinventions,” some of which were even alcohol free. I was happy that I saw a lot of my favorites - Blue Lagoon, Mai Tai, Hurricane, Mojito - but with the authentic recipes (as opposed to the simplified recipes that I use). There were also a lot of fabulous traditional tiki drinks that I had heard of but never tasted. It was curious that the Pornstar Martini appeared both in this book and the previous sparkling cocktails book, but that was the only recipe to overlap between the two. Even curiouser was that the recipe in this book had a shot of champagne served on the side, whereas in the sparkling cocktails book the champagne was integral to the drink. Which way is the right way to prepare the drink? Both look good! After the classics, there were about a dozen recipes for “modern tropical” cocktails. These were also quite interesting, although more varied and exotic in the ingredients, so they would be lower on my list of the recipes to attempt.
I have yet to mix any of the cocktails from this book. When I do, I will update this review.
May 24, 2019
Just like a tropical cocktail, this book was fun. Coming in at just 144 pages, "Let's Get Tropical" is short and sweet but manages to give a nice introduction to the flavorful world of the tropical cocktail. Besides a very short introduction on how rum is made and what kind of tropical spirits are available, there are also about sixty recipes with mouthwatering pictures and easy graphics.
Most of the recipes are labeled as classics, such as the Piña Colada, the Daiquiri and the Mai Tai. If you have some knowledge about cocktails you will probably be familiar with all of those already, but I liked the addition of the modern twists and the alcohol-free versions.
The few new and modern cocktails are nothing spectacular and include more unusual ingredients, but it is nice to see what mixologists come up with these days when it comes to tropical drinks. I may not necessarily make them at home myself, but they give a nice idea on what to do if you want to create your own recipes. The most valuable part of the book was the base recipe to make your own punch, something which always puzzled me in the past when I tried to make a big batch for a party.
Even though I didn't learn many new things, except for some short history behind the cocktails I have always loved, I like having a one-stop book for all my tropical cocktail needs, most of which can be made with ingredients you already have in your kitchen and liquor cabinet.
I received a digital galley of this book via NetGalley.
Most of the recipes are labeled as classics, such as the Piña Colada, the Daiquiri and the Mai Tai. If you have some knowledge about cocktails you will probably be familiar with all of those already, but I liked the addition of the modern twists and the alcohol-free versions.
The few new and modern cocktails are nothing spectacular and include more unusual ingredients, but it is nice to see what mixologists come up with these days when it comes to tropical drinks. I may not necessarily make them at home myself, but they give a nice idea on what to do if you want to create your own recipes. The most valuable part of the book was the base recipe to make your own punch, something which always puzzled me in the past when I tried to make a big batch for a party.
Even though I didn't learn many new things, except for some short history behind the cocktails I have always loved, I like having a one-stop book for all my tropical cocktail needs, most of which can be made with ingredients you already have in your kitchen and liquor cabinet.
I received a digital galley of this book via NetGalley.
March 12, 2020
While the books editor is DK and its layout is more simplistic than other cocktail books from star mixologists, the actual advice for a home bartender and accompanying recipes were much more useful than many other cocktail books I've read. It also teaches you how to create your own tiki creations and play around with formulas.
March 14, 2019
Very creative and delicious cocktails. The recipes are made or presented by Georgi. His is a bar owner and he shares his knowledge. The book contains sections about how the alcohol is made and a large selection of tropical blends. The tutorials are well explained and the results are professional. Ready for this summer!
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