The bar and beverage book /
Costas Katsigris and Chris Thomas
- Fourth Edition
- Singapore : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2009
- xvi, 737 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Chapter 1. The beverage industry, past and present -- Chapter 2. Responsible alcohol service -- Chapter 3. Creating and maintaining a bar business -- Chapter 4. Bar equipment -- Chapter 5. The beverages: spirits -- Chapter 6. Wine appreciation -- Chapter 7. Wine sales and service -- Chapter 8. Beer -- Chapter 9. Sanitation and bar set-up -- Chapter 10. Mixology, Part one -- Chapter 11. Mixology, Part two -- Chapter 12. Employee management -- Chapter 13. Purchasing, receiving, storage, and inventory -- Chapter 14. Planning for profit -- Chapter 15. Managing your business -- Chapter 16. Regulations
Explaining how to operate the beverage part of a restaurant or food service operation as well as how to serve alcohol, this book gives readers the knowledge they need to create a successful beverage operation - from planning, equipping, staffing, operating, and marketing a bar to purchasing and mixology of beverages.