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Ice Ice Baby

HumuloneRanger — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:02:45 -0800

It's no secret that classic cocktails are back. Fresh fruit and house-made bitters and infusions are de rigueur, but no less important is the quality of the ice. Good ice and the right shake ensure that spirits are properly chilled and diluted and improve the cocktail's flavor profile.

madamjujujive — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:27:38 -0800

"In the U.S., they're mixing drinks with herbs and other weird ingredients, but in Ginza the best guys just polish their cocktails like jewels." And perhaps no Japanese mixology master has contributed more than Kauzo Ueda, who has perfected the art of the hard shake, a refinement over more traditional shake styles. He has a disciple in NYC's Eben Freeman, who now imparts the secrets of the hard shake via a video tutorial. * A review of the solid drinks pictured in the "weird ingredients" link. * The cocktails you eat * Cocktails enter the ice age * In Japan, giant ice balls are often hand carved (as in the videos in "polish" and "jewels") but if you don't want to carve your own, there is an easier way to make your own giant ice balls. * For some great cocktail recipes and a sidebar of kickass links to cocktail blogs and sites, you can't do better than Looka! The Gumbo Pages by Mefi's own, Chuq.

Gyan — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:12:17 -0800

serafinapekkala — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:01:36 -0800