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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