Month: August 2011
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Announcing the Sugar Spirit Project
Today marks the launch of the second Sponsored Project on Alcademics: The Sugar Spirit. The Sugar Spirit Project is sponsored by Bacardi Rum. Rum is made from any sugarcane derivative and is the real sugar spirit, but in this research project I'll primarily be studying sugar itself. In writing about cocktails, we often come across recipes…
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Sugar Spirit Project Index
The aim of the Sugar Spirit Project is to research sugar: its history, production, distribution, forms and use, and byproducts. This page is the project index that will link to all the posts. Hot-linked posts have gone up already, text posts are yet to come. Feel free to suggest more aspects of sugar for me…
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Every Drink I Had at Tales of the Cocktail 2011
Below are the tweets sent out as I was recording every drink I had at Tales of the Cocktail for the second year in a row. The totals are: Wednesday: 18 Thursday: 41 Friday: 28 Saturnday: 19 Compared to last year, this looks like a ton more drinks. But really I kept it to small…
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Solid Liquids: Techniques
The next step in the Solid Liquids project is to look at the various methods people are using to dehydrate liqueurs down to sugars. After searching the interwebz, here are some techniques I found. I don't think the original DrinkBoy forums are online anymore- at least I can't find them- but that's where this technique…
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Solid Liquids: Dehydrated Liqueurs on Cocktail Menus
I've spent some time researching powdered/dehydrated liqueurs online to see where and how they've been used. Turns out: all around the world. Below are the few I found. It seems that for the most part these dehydrated liqueurs are used as a powdered rims on cocktail glasses, as garnishes sprinkled on top of egg white drinks,…
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Solid Liquids Project Index
The aim of the Solid Liquids Project is to research the best way to dehydrate liqueurs and use the resulting flavored sugar in creative ways. This page is the project index that will link to all the posts. The Solid Liquids Project Cocktails with dehydrated liqueurs found on menus. Literature review: techniques used to dehydrate…