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Geeky Booze Presented by NickDrinks.com Nick Britsky Maker Faire 2014

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Outline Who Am I? Background Elevate Your Game Ingredients Equipment Techniques Required Reading Local Sourcing

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Who Am I? Lifetime Cocktail Fan 3 year blogger BarSmarts Certified USBG Member Occasional Paid Bartender

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Cocktail Background What is a cocktail? Who made it famous? Types of Spirits How to Taste

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Elevate Your Game Fresh Juice Quality Spirits Vermouth Handling Fresh Citrus Oil Experiment/Explore Local

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Ingredients Ice, Ice, Ice Bitters Unique Phosphates Unique Liqueurs Tea & Coffee

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Equipment Vacuum Chamber Buchner Funnel Whip Cream Disp. Smoker Dehydrator Centrifuge Rotovap

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Techniques Straining Carving Ice Blocks Foams Fat Washing Sphereification

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Required Reading Boozehound Jason Wilson Imbibe! David Wondrich Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart Fix the Pumps Darcy ONeil Cocktail Techniques Kazuo Uyeda Beta Cocktails Kirk Estopinal & Maksym Pazunaik The Cocktail Lab Tony Conigliaro

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Where to Get Cocktails The Oakland Ferndale Sugar House Detroit Ravens Club A2 The Laundry Fenton Ingredients Kakos Birmingham Holiday Market RO Total Beverage Southfield

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Questions? Thanks NickDrinks.com Handout: NickDrinks.com/makerfaire