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Geeky Booze. Presented by NickDrinks.com Nick 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
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Geeky Booze Presented by NickDrinks.com Nick 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 & MaksymPazunaik • 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? Thanks NickDrinks.com Handout: NickDrinks.com/makerfaire