Category: garnish
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2026 New Drink Books
Here are new rocktails and spirits (and a few other) books out or coming out in 2026.
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Glow in the Dark Ants in Ice Cubes
I was trolling the dollar store for things to freeze into ice cubes, as I do, and found these large fluorescent ants. I froze them into ice cubes using my Clearly Frozen tray. Then I shined a blacklight on them. They look awesome, even better in a glass with a drink. There is a video…
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Halloween Ice Round-Up
I'm a total sucker for Halloween, and my only artistic medium is ice, so every year I do a post or two or three with dumb stuff I've frozen into cubes, blocks, etc. Here is a round-up and gallery of some: Halloween Ice: Magic Wand and Plastic Rat Halloween Ice: Severed Hand in Ice Block…
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Financial Times: It’s cocktail hour – so put a flower in it
In Alice Lascelles' latest cocktail column for the Financial Times, she covers the summertime trend of using flowers in cocktails and includes a photo from The Ice Book. Read the story here: It’s cocktail hour – so put a flower in it
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More Death Star Ice Spheres
A few years back I showed how you can make the Death Star ice mold turn out clear. There are more tips and detailed information in The Ice Book, and you should probably purchase a copy! Below are some more pics from a 2023 round of making more Death Star spheres for some friends.
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All the Cocktail and Spirits Books Released in 2019
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in alcohol law, baijiu, beer, bitters, books, bourbon, cider, cocktails, distilling, garnish, gifts, gin, history, legal/law/regulations, mixers, molecular mixology, non-alcoholic, punch, recipes, rum, rye, sake, scotch whisky, tequila, tiki, tonic, tonic water, whisky, wineMore than 70 cocktails and spirits books (plus a few on cider, beer, and spiritzes) published in 2019.
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More Eyeball Ice Balls and Ice Fangs for Halloween
I made more fun ice for Halloween. Recently I put some bouncy eyeballs into ice balls and froze a Halloween mask into an ice block. This time I put some big glass eyes into ice balls and put vampire fangs into other ice balls. The glass eyes were an idea from bartender Ramon Pinon –…
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Eyeballs Inside Ice Balls – Halloween Ice
Another silly ice project in plenty of time for Halloween.
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Color Talk Resources from Tales of the Cocktail
For attendees of my talk on Color in Cocktails and Spirits at Tales of the Cocktail 2019, below are notes and links from the slides. Product links are to Amazon.com. For all the natural colorings to use in cocktails, see Cocktail Coloring – Natural Food Colorings to Use in Drinks Cocktail Techniques book by Kazuo…