Liquid intelligence
Subtitle: the art and science of the perfect cocktail
By: Dave Arnold ; photography by Travis Huggett
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780393089035
Subjects: Cocktails; Measuring instruments
Description: Arnold provides practical tips for preparing drinks by the pitcher, making homemade sodas, and building a specialized bar in your own home. For devotees seeking the cutting edge, chapters on liquid nitrogen, chitosan/gellan washing, and the applications of a centrifuge expand the boundaries of traditional cocktail craft.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-382) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preliminaries. Measurement, units, equipment ; Ingredients; title: Traditional cocktails. Ice, ice with booze, and the fundamental law ; Shaken and stirred, built and blended ; Cocktail calculus: the inner workings of recipes; title: New techniques and ideas. Alternative chilling ; Nitro-muddling and blender-muddling ; Red-hot pokers ; Rapid infusions, shifting pressure ; Clarification ; Washing ; Carbonation; title: Little journeys. Apples ; Coffee ; The gin and tonic.