Free 35 Page Guide

How to make bar-quality cocktails at home.

Free

You don't need a wall of expensive bottles. You need the right tools, good ice, fresh citrus, and an understanding of balance. That's the whole guide, plus 10 must-know recipes to practice on.

What's inside

Everything you need, and nothing you don't.

Ten short chapters in the order a real bar actually gets built, so you can open it tonight and start at the beginning.

The tools that matter, and the ones that can waitEight tools do almost everything. The rest is a drawer full of gadgets you'll never touch.
What to actually buy, in nine checklistsSpirits, liqueurs, mixers, citrus, syrups, glassware and the pantry. Tick your way through it.
Ice, and why it's an ingredientTemperature and dilution make or break a drink. Most home cocktails fail right here.
How to fix a drink that tastes offToo sweet, too sour, too strong, or just flat. Each one has a specific fix.
10 must-know recipes, one per pageOld Fashioned, Margarita, Daiquiri, Mojito, Negroni and five more. Each one teaches a skill you reuse everywhere.

35 pages. Print it or keep it on your phone, it is built to read either way.

Starting from nothing

Five bottles is a real bar.

The guide tells you exactly where to start, and what each bottle actually unlocks. You can add the rest later, or never.

VodkaMules, Espresso Martinis, Cosmos

GinMartinis, Negronis, G and Ts

Blanco TequilaMargaritas and Palomas

Bourbon or RyeOld Fashioneds and Manhattans

White RumMojitos and Daiquiris

I'm Atanas. I've been behind a bar for 12 years.

I run Everyday Cocktail. This guide is the answer I give people when they ask what to buy first. It is free because the drinks are better when more people can actually make them.

After years behind busy bars, the difference between an average homemade drink and a great one almost always comes down to small details, not the price of the bottle.

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