Along with the garish old-timey video effect, these guys are tools.
So it's a deconstructed absinthe cocktail. But it seems awfully close to a fauxsinthe attempt to me.
Soaking Herbs in Vodka
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Evan Camomile
, Apr 21 2012 05:30 PM
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Posted 21 April 2012 - 05:45 PM
Attempting to obtain legitimacy via the "deconstructing" bandwagon is replete with 
IMO.
IMO.
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Posted 21 April 2012 - 05:56 PM
Nice tune. Makes me want to watch some Monk re-runs.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 11:12 AM
I'm on the fence on this one. I don't think the intent here is so much to make an absinthe drink as much as it is to be innovative and experiment with the ingredients; it's a foodie thing. If they used gin instead of vodka and substituted the celery with angelica stalks, it might be a tasty drink.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 12:36 PM
Yeah I'm leaning on the fence but kinda touchy when the drink is just straight up named Atremisia Absinthium. since we were recently talking about distillate blending I was viewing this as a mixologist version of the same. Also, macerated/infused wormwood... 
Deconstruction cocktails seem like a fun idea though.
And a "thank you" to whoever fixed my typo in the title.
Deconstruction cocktails seem like a fun idea though.
And a "thank you" to whoever fixed my typo in the title.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 04:58 PM
Nice tune. Makes me want to watch some Monk re-runs.
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Posted 13 May 2012 - 12:24 PM
I've played a bit with decontructed cocktails. Messed with agar, calcites, liquid nitro, and gels. I did a fun deconstructed sidecar, and a few others. Fun, whimsical, and actually tasted good.
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Posted 13 May 2012 - 12:25 PM
Taking the big taste ingredients, and making them into 'caviars' or pearls can really work well. Makes the bright elements really pop/explode the flavor, right at the point of the tongue you want them to hit too.
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Posted 13 May 2012 - 03:50 PM
I've only seen it on TV. Sounds fun.
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I mean no offense. There are bottles of extraordinary booze out there. I've tasted a few. Relax.
I mean no offense. There are bottles of extraordinary booze out there. I've tasted a few. Relax.
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