Franz Brandl (barkeeper)

Franz Brandl (2011)

Franz Brandl (born October 4, 1944 in Gendorf , district of Burgkirchen an der Alz ) is a German bar master and non-fiction author . He is the most published cocktail book author in German-speaking countries and with his books and publications in the specialist press he played a major role in the resurgence of cocktail culture.

Life

Education and professional life

After attending elementary school in his hometown Brandl 1958 went to Munich and completed a three-year waiter teach at a restaurant in the city, working alongside and elsewhere. After his training, he worked in Munich in 1962 as a waiter in quick succession in the Syriana , an Arab restaurant in Schwabing , in the Platzl and in the nightclub ba-ba-lu , also in Schwabing. In 1964 he worked on Spiekeroog in the Hotel Zur Linde . Since Franz Brandl was tempted to specialize in the direction of a bartender, he increasingly worked in this direction, which was difficult because there was virtually no bar culture in Germany at the time. Further stations led Brandl between 1965 and 1969 via Dortmund , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Cuxhaven and Bielefeld and finally back to Munich. From 1972 to 1974 he worked as a bar manager at the Sheraton Hotel Munich, which was then the largest hotel in Europe. When Harry's New York Bar was opened in Munich in September 1974 as the first American bar in Germany that was independent of a hotel, Brandl was the bartender there.

From 1978 to 1983, Franz Brandl worked for Eckart Witzigmann (picture) and ran the bar in his Aubergine restaurant .

In 1976 Franz Brandl passed the bar master exam and became one of the first official German bar master. In 1977 he worked briefly at the Grand Hotel Continental (Munich) . Then one of the most important stations of his professional life followed, the activity in Eckart Witzigmanns Aubergine , the first three-star restaurant in Germany, where Brandl ran the bar from 1978 to 1981.

After his master craftsman examination, Brandl also advocated upgrading the profile of the bartender and succeeded in getting the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria to hold bartender and bar master’s exams again in 1984 after a break of several years. The bartender has not yet become a state-recognized training occupation (as of 2015).

After saying goodbye to the aubergine , Franz Brandl finally went into business for himself. He ran the Schwabinger Cocktail Lounge in Schwabing from 1983 to 1985 and Brandls Bar from 1987 to 1992 ; then he retired from active professional life. He then wrote several books.

As a specialist author

Franz Brandl is known to a wide audience as the author of practical guides and recipe collections for cocktails and other mixed drinks. His book Gourmet Mix Guide , first published in 1982, with its 418 pages, was the first detailed cocktail and product history book of recent times in German and is now one of the classics of bar literature. From 1988 onwards he had around 25 other titles followed, the majority of which he published in Südwest-Verlag . Some of them have had multiple editions (including licensed editions from other publishers) and some of them have been translated into other languages.

His successful titles include his Big Cocktail Book / Cocktails with Alcohol (first published in 1988), his Mix Guide (several editions since 1998), Liqueurs of the World (2000) and Cocktails. Over 1000 drinks with and without alcohol (2015). His main works also include the extensive volumes Brandls Bar-Buch (1996) and Der Barmeister (1997), published by Matthaes Verlag , in which the author devotes himself intensively to professional aspects.

Franz Brandl, who is also an employee of the trade journal Mixology - Magazin für Barkultur , published 2015 under the title Der Barmixer. Memories of a Crazy Life before his autobiography .

Awards

The Gastronomic Academy of Germany drew Brandl bartenderbook 1996 with the gold medal, and twice he received the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards : 2000 for liqueurs in the world and 2009 for cocktails high 3 .

In 2007 he received the Mixology Bar Award in the "Lifetime Achievement" category.

Fonts (selection)

• Gourmet Mix Guide , Edition Willsberger, Zurich 1982.
• Franz Brandl's large cocktail book - 555 mixed drinks with and without alcohol. The house bar and its facility , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-517-01076-6 (several editions under the titles The great cocktail book and cocktails with alcohol ).
• Mixed drinks without alcohol , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-517-01198-3 .
• Mixing pleasure with and without alcohol - seductive and famous drinks from all over the world , Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7742-1124-8 .
• Bowling and punches , hawks, Niedernhausen / Taunus, 1994, ISBN 3-8068-1447-3 .
• Cocktails without alcohol - fruity and fresh, sparkling and peppy for hot days and nights , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-517-01620-9 .
• together with Bodo A. Schieren (photos): Brandls Bar-Buch , Matthaes, Stuttgart 1996 (4th, completely revised edition by the same publisher, 2003, ISBN 3-87516-646-9 ).
• Happy hour's! 50 drinks with and without alcohol , Hahn, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-87287-438-1 .
• Der Barmeister , Matthaes, Stuttgart 1997 (2nd, updated edition by the same publisher, 2000, ISBN 3-87516-681-7 ).
• Franz Brandls Mix-Guide , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1998 (later editions under the title Mix-Guide by the same publisher 2006 and 2009, ISBN 978-3-517-08162-5 , ISBN 3-517-08162-0 and ISBN 978 -3-641-03692-8 ).
• 100 top drinks. Cocktails with and without alcohol - from simple to sophisticated - the best mix recipes for every party , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-517-08034-9 .
• Liqueurs of the World , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-517-06289-8 .
• Alcohol-free top drinks. Mix like a pro - from fruity and fresh to refined and exotic - the best recipes for delicious cocktails , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-517-06197-2 .
• Tropical drinks - Caribbean feeling to mix yourself. Seductive recipes with fine ingredients , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-517-06633-8 .
• Vitamin drinks - homemade juices and shakes with fruits and vegetables , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-517-06743-1 .
• Milkshakes - power drinks at their best - with milk, yoghurt or cream - with and without alcohol , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-517-06979-1 .
• Whisk (e) y , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-517-08335-3 .
• Cocktails to the power of 3 - 100 classics with three ingredients each , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-517-08486-2 .
• The 100 best cocktails in the world , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-517-08521-0 .
• Hot drinks - recipe ideas with and without alcohol , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-517-08662-0 and 978-3-641-55204-6.
• Liqueurs , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-517-08743-6 .
• Best of Cocktails with alcohol , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-517-08802-0 (New edition 2017 by the same publisher under ISBN 978-3-517-09666-7 and ISBN 3-517-09666-0 ) .
• 50 top drinks with rum & tequila - best of cocktails , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-517-08988-1 .
• 50 top drinks with gin & vodka - best of cocktails , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-517-08989-8 .
• Mixen , Bassermann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8094-3471-9 and ISBN 3-8094-3471-X .
• The bartender. Memories of a crazy life , epubli, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-6538-7 and ISBN 3-7375-6538-4 (2nd edition at Neopubli / epubli, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7418-1588 -1 ).
• Cocktails. Over 1000 drinks with and without alcohol , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-517-09462-5 (expanded new edition 2018 by the same publisher under ISBN 978-3-517-09686-5 ).
• The 100 fastest cocktails in the world . Bassermann, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-8094-3600-3 and ISBN 3-8094-3600-3 .
• Best of Cocktails - without alcohol , Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-517-09667-4 and ISBN 3-517-09667-9 .
• Whiskey - over 300 whiskeys, single malts, blends and bourbons . Bassermann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-8094-3951-6 and ISBN 3-8094-3951-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Brandl in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franz Brandl: The bartender. Memories of a crazy life . epubli, Berlin 2015, pp. 8–9
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mixology Bar Awards for life's work , on the Mixology website ; accessed on October 23, 2015
3. ↑ Franz Brandl: The bartender. Memories of a crazy life . epubli, Berlin 2015, pp. 10–25
4. ↑ Franz Brandl: The bartender. Memories of a crazy life . epubli, Berlin 2015, pp. 26–35
5. ↑ Franz Brandl: The bartender. Memories of a crazy life . epubli, Berlin 2015, pp. 36–44
6. ^ Franz Brandl: The development of the bar in Germany after the Second World War , in the online presence of Mixology ; accessed on October 23, 2015
7. ^ Franz Brandl: The development of the bar in Germany after the Second World War , in the online presence of Mixology ; accessed on October 23, 2015
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Franz Brandl: Cocktails - over 1000 drinks with and without alcohol . Südwest-Verlag. Munich 2007, p. 7 (author portrait)
9. ↑ Brief portrait (with photo) at Südwest-Verlag ; accessed on October 23, 2015
10. ↑ Franz Brandl: The bartender. Memories of a crazy life . epubli, Berlin 2015, pp. 86–112
11. ^ ^{A b} Franz Brandl: Development of the bar in Germany after World War II , in the Mixology website ; accessed on October 23, 2015
12. ↑ Franz Brandl: The bartender. Memories of a crazy life . epubli, Berlin 2015, pp. 118–124.
13. ^ Winner of the Golden Spring 1996 ; accessed on October 23, 2015
14. ↑ List of the 2009 award winners ; accessed on October 23, 2015