• 4cl gin
  • 2.5cl lemon juice
  • 3cl cream
  • 1cl galliano
  • 1.5cl rhubarb&strawberry syrup
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    6 months ago

    Wow, that’s quite the process!

    My link talks about how it’s popular with bartenders. How does the process work at a bar, when a customer probably doesn’t want to wait 2.5 hours for a drink? Would bars mix up big batches ahead of time?

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      6 months ago

      I don’t work as a bartender, but a bartender I spoke to yesterday explained they do big batches during the day so they are ready to pour when ordered.

      The clarification process makes the resulting cocktail last significantly longer. It is some sort of preservation method that I don’t know how or why it works.

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        6 months ago

        This is purely half remembering something I heard a while ago, so it could be completely bullshit, but I believe it has something to do with things that are likely to spoil tend to be things that bind to the curds, and as such are (mostly) removed from the drink.

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        6 months ago

        That’s really cool. I’m going to have to give this a go some time.

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          6 months ago

          Give it a couple attempts! Our first attempt failed miserably because we were not patient enough.

          Start the project in the morning on a day when you’re free the whole day and won’t feel stressed if filtering takes 4 hours.

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            6 months ago

            Working knowing there’s a cocktail filtering that will be waiting for me at the end of the day sounds like a nice way to survive the day 😆

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, i do like four litres of prebatch in a big bowl, let it sit for at least four hours . I use strainers then coffee filters. It is a fucking pain to make in bigger quantities till you get the whole process right.

      I do not do the whole cocktail though only the booze and a bit of acid. Rest gets added in front of the guest.