Geeky Booze
Presented by NickDrinks.comNick Britsky
Maker Faire 2014
Outline
• Who Am I? • Background • Elevate Your Game• Ingredients • Equipment• Techniques• Required Reading• Local Sourcing
Who Am I?
• Lifetime Cocktail Fan• 3 year blogger• BarSmarts Certified• USBG Member• Occasional Paid
Bartender
Cocktail Background
• What is a cocktail?• Who made it famous?• Types of Spirits • How to Taste
Elevate Your Game
• Fresh Juice• Quality Spirits• Vermouth Handling• Fresh Citrus Oil• Experiment/Explore• Local
Ingredients
• Ice, Ice, Ice• Bitters• Unique Phosphates • Unique Liqueurs• Tea & Coffee
Equipment
• Vacuum Chamber• Buchner Funnel• Whip Cream Disp. • Smoker• Dehydrator• Centrifuge• Rotovap
Techniques
• Straining• Carving Ice Blocks• Foams• Fat Washing• Sphereification
Required Reading
• Boozehound – Jason Wilson• Imbibe! – David Wondrich• Drunken Botanist – Amy Stewart• Fix the Pumps – Darcy O’Neil• Cocktail Techniques – Kazuo Uyeda• Beta Cocktails – Kirk Estopinal & Maksym Pazunaik• The Cocktail Lab – Tony Conigliaro
Where to Get…
Cocktails• The Oakland – Ferndale• Sugar House – Detroit• Raven’s Club – A2• The Laundry – Fenton
Ingredients • Kakos – Birmingham• Holiday Market – RO• Total Beverage –
Southfield
Questions?
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