Mahalo mau wau i ka poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka pā. I kekahi manawa ʻike wau i nā mixologist no ka mea he nani loa lākou, kaila, aloha a hoʻokipa. I kekahi manawa mahalo aku wau iā lākou no ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana me nā poʻe lawehala ʻole a hoʻopailua / ʻona paha. Mahalo pinepine wau iā lākou no ka mea lawelawe lākou iaʻu i ka martini kūpono (lulu), ma nā pōhaku, me nā ʻoliva nui loa o ka honua a hoʻolauna paha iaʻu i kahi lama a scotch hou paha.
ʻO ka lā mahalo iā Bartender
Ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i kahi papa hana ahiahi ma New York's Liquor Lab, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Mixologist-In-Training, koʻu mahalo i ko lākou akamai, mākaukau a me ka noʻonoʻo hana i ka palena palena ʻole. Ua hana ʻo Chefs iā ia i ke kūlana o superstars (e noʻonoʻo ʻo Bobby Flay), ʻo kēia ka manawa e ʻike ai a mahalo i ka waiwai o nā mixologists i ko mākou ola.
Virtuoso
ʻO ka lolo ma hope o Liquor Lab ʻo Owen Meyer. I ka wā ma mua he mea hōʻike hōʻikeʻike kīwī kīwī ma Kikako a me ka mea hoʻokumu o ka Waina & Whiskey Club ma NYC, ua ʻākoakoa ʻo Meyer i kona ʻike o ka honua ʻuhane ma o ka hui pū ʻana me Jim Beam kahi i hōʻoia ʻia ai ka ʻuhane ʻuhane. Ma Liquor Lab kāna pahuhopu e hoʻopaʻa i nā bartender ʻoi loa o ka honua a me nā loea pia, waina a me nā ʻuhane e hana i kahi loulou ma waena o kā lākou mau taleni a me ka ʻimi a nā mea kūʻai aku i nā "ʻike."
Freddie Sarkis, COO (Luna Cocktail Luna Nui), Hale inu ʻona
Hoʻohui ʻo Sarkis i kāna mākau mākaukau i Liquor Lab. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia kona ʻike ʻuhane ma o kāna hui pū ʻana me Beefeater a me Plymouth Gin, kahi i noho ʻelele nona ka lāhui, e hoʻomohala nei i nā papahana ma Chicago e pili pū ana me Celeste, Bordel a me Broken Shaker.
ʻOihana 101
ʻO ka hopena a Meyer no Liquor Lab kahi hopena pololei o kāna mau makahiki i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā lama a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻoihana e hakakā nei e hana i nā ʻike aʻo e mahalo ai ka mea kūʻai. Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻo ia e nā pilikia pili i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka inoa, ke ʻike nei ʻaʻole i hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻohui i ka inoa no ka mea ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā haʻiʻōlelo stimulate. He aha kā lākou e makemake ai…. Ka launa pū ʻana o ka lima me ka mea kūʻai aku. Ma Liquor Lab ʻaʻole ka nānā i ka huahana akā ma ka mea kūʻai.
Wahi a Meyer, "ʻAʻole pau nā pilikia ma ke ʻano he mea kālepa. Hōʻaʻahu ʻoe i kēlā me kēia pāpale: nā kūʻai, nā hanana, ke kūʻai aku, a me ke kālā. … I kēlā me kēia lā… he papa ulia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu MBA.
"ʻO ka manawa maoli 'ah ha' ʻoiai wau e hana ana no Beam Suntory (ʻo Jim Beam ka mea ma mua). Ua manaʻo wau aia kahi ala maikaʻi aʻe e aʻo ai i nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ka ʻoihana a me nā māka…
"He papa inoa kaʻu o nā poʻe i kōkua iaʻu a me ka papa inoa o ka poʻe kānalua iaʻu, a ʻaʻole wau e poina i ka poʻe ma kēlā mau papa inoa.
"Hectic nui nā pae mua o ka ʻoihana. ʻO ia kahi mea a West Point i aʻo mai ai iaʻu e halihali mau loa wau me aʻu: ka hoʻoponopono manawa. Ke loaʻa wale iā ʻoe he mau kānaka ʻelua e kōkua iā ʻoe i ka wā mua e pono ʻoe e hana i ʻelua mau manawa i ka hapa o ka manawa. ʻO ka poʻe i hiki ke hana i kēlā ME hāʻawi i kahi huahana kūikawā i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku e ʻike i kahi ala e kūleʻa ai. “
Lulu, ʻoni a Sip
Ua kono ʻia ʻo Media a me nā kālepa e komo i loko o kahi papa ʻalekole Lab a ʻo wau paha ka mea mua iā RSVP i ke kono. Ke kakali nui nei wau i ka pāʻani ʻana i ka Mixologist a hōʻea wau i ka hale papa ʻo Wooster Street, NYC ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ke koʻokoʻo i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hakahaka.
I loko o kahi kau / 2 mau manawa o ka manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ua aʻo wau pehea e hana ai i ʻehā mau cocktails ʻokoʻa. Ua alakaʻi ke COO i ka hui, e hōʻike ana pehea e hoʻoluliluli ai i kahi mea inu (ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i ke kīʻaha a me ka haʻalulu - e waiho ana he mau booze ma ka papahele ma mua o ke kīʻaha), e hoʻohana i ka kānana, a hamo i ka lau mint.
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1. Spicy Mezcal Margarita
ʻO ka mea inu kāwili mua a mākou i hoʻomohala ai ʻo Spicy Mezcal Margarita. Hāʻawi ka Liquor Lab i nā mea hana maka āpau, e like me ka pepa ʻōmaʻomaʻo maloʻo no ka lawelawe ʻana, a hele wāwae i nā haumāna ma o ka hoʻohuihui ʻana, hana ʻino, ʻino, hoʻoluliluli ʻana, kaomi ʻana a me ka paʻakai ʻana. Hoʻopili nā mea maka i ka Ilegal Mezcal, ka lime, Agave Syrup a me Jalapeno.
2. ʻO Spice Rum Mojito
Ua hānau ʻia ka Mojito ma Cuba a ʻo ia kekahi o nā cocktails kahiko loa o ka lāhui. Hōʻike ka noiʻi e pili ana ka inoa ʻo mojito, mai ka "mojo" ʻApelika ʻo ia hoʻi "e kau i kahi kilokilo liʻiliʻi." Hoʻopili kēia hui pū ʻana o nā ʻuhane me Blackheart Spiced Rum, Lime, Simple Syrup, Angostura Bitters a me nā punawai o Mint.
3. Paina Basil Smash
No kahi kumu maikaʻi o ka wikamina C, he inu hoʻoilo pono kēia. Hoʻohui ʻehā mau Roses Bourbon me ka wai o ka Pineapple, Syrup Simple, nā Lemi Wedges, nā lau Basil a me nā Angostura Bitters
4. Aged Rum Kahiko Kahiko
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lele i ka Caribbean i kēia kau, e ʻōwili me kēia pick-me-up ʻoliʻoli hou i ke ʻano. Hoʻohui i nā mea kanu ʻo Rum 5 mau makahiki, me Demarara Syrup, Angostura Bitters a me Orange Bitters. Inā hoʻolohe ʻoe i ka mea mele Reggae ʻo Bob Marley ʻoiai e hana ana i kou ala ma waena o kahi kīʻaha, e nalowale ana ka hoʻoilo.
E lilo i kāne ponoʻī
Ma hope o ka hele ʻana i kekahi mau papa ma Liquor Lab manaʻo paha ʻoe e hilinaʻi i kou lilo ʻana i mixologist ponoʻī a hoʻolilo i kou wahi pilikino i hale kalapu kahamoe.
© Kauka Elinor Garely. ʻAʻole hiki ke kope ʻia kēia ʻatikala kope, me nā kiʻi, me ka ʻole o ka ʻae palapala ʻia mai ka mea kākau.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua alakaʻi ka COO i ka hui, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka lulu ʻana i kahi mea inu (ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopaʻa i ke aniani a me ka mea hoʻoluliluli - waiho ʻoi aku ka wai ma ka papahele ma mua o ke aniani), hoʻohana i ka kānana, a hoʻopuehu i nā lau mint.
- Mahalo pinepine au iā lākou no ka mea lawelawe lākou iaʻu i ka martini maikaʻi loa (hoʻoluliluli ʻia), ma nā pōhaku, me nā ʻoliva nui loa o ka honua a i ʻole e hoʻolauna mai iaʻu i kahi lama hou a i ʻole scotch.
- Ua kono ʻia aku nei ka Media a me ke kālepa e komo i kahi papa Liquor Lab a ʻo wau paha ka mea mua i RSVP i ke kono.
