Cocktailians

Category: Interviews

  • Red Hot Poker

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    Dave Arnold is the Director of Culinary Technology at the French Culinary Institute. More relevantly to this space, he's also a mad scientist, with a strong mixological bent. He's invented a "Red Hot Poker" that's electrically heated to over 1700°F, which he then plunges into drinks, caramelizing the sugars and adding a toasty note to…

  • Red Hot Poker

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    vidiot
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    Dave Arnold is the Director of Culinary Technology at the French Culinary Institute. More relevantly to this space, he's also a mad scientist, with a strong mixological bent. He's invented a "Red Hot Poker" that's electrically heated to over 1700°F, which he then plunges into drinks, caramelizing the sugars and adding a toasty note to…

  • Cape North Vodka Cruise: Take 2

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    Well, second time was the charm. After a tropical monsoon wiped out their first attempt at a promotional cruise, Cape North Vodka managed to shoehorn in a twilight jaunt around the bottom half of Manhattan for them and a couple dozen of their friends and fans. And me. It was chilly in New York Harbor,…

  • Cape North Vodka Cruise: Take 2

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    vidiot
    in

    Well, second time was the charm. After a tropical monsoon wiped out their first attempt at a promotional cruise, Cape North Vodka managed to shoehorn in a twilight jaunt around the bottom half of Manhattan for them and a couple dozen of their friends and fans. And me. It was chilly in New York Harbor,…

  • Cape North: A Refined Vodka That Actually Tastes Like Something

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    Because of alleged storm activity last night (people are sure sensitive about a little tropical storm action these days, eh? I wonder why), a scheduled cruise to promote Cape North vodka was moved to the less picturesque but more structurally sound confines of a west village club, where the revelry continued through the ensuing wetness,…

  • Cape North: A Refined Vodka That Actually Tastes Like Something

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    by

    vidiot
    in

    Because of alleged storm activity last night (people are sure sensitive about a little tropical storm action these days, eh? I wonder why), a scheduled cruise to promote Cape North vodka was moved to the less picturesque but more structurally sound confines of a west village club, where the revelry continued through the ensuing wetness,…