Preliminaries. Measurement, units, equipment ; Ingredients -- Traditional cocktails. Ice, ice with booze, and the fundamental law ; Shaken and stirred, built and blended ; Cocktail calculus: the inner workings of recipes -- New techniques and ideas. Alternative chilling ; Nitro-muddling and blender-muddling ; Red-hot pokers ; Rapid infusions, shifting pressure ; Clarification ; Washing ; Carbonation -- Little journeys. Apples ; Coffee ; The gin and tonic.