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[OC] Our first attempt at a clarified cocktail (feddit.nu)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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4cl gin
2.5cl lemon juice
3cl cream
1cl galliano
1.5cl rhubarb&strawberry syrup

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Looked up the process. It looks like the idea is you add milk (or I guess in this case cream) to the mixture and make it curdle, then filter out the curds with a coffee filter, cheese cloth, etc.

Explanation here.

It would be nice if OP clarified (pun intended) the process for this cocktail. Do you just mix all ingredients? Is the order important?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Hi, yes you are correct.

This is how we made the drink. Most clarified drinks follow a similar pattern:

You put the cream in a bowl
Then mix all remaining ingredients in another bowl
Slowly add about 1/4th of the mix to the cream and stir gently, this will start curdling the cream
Continue to add the remainder of the mix to the cream and stir gently again
Let sit for an hour (some let it sit over night for the best curdling result)
When done curdling, filter the cocktail through a thin cloth or other filter (we used one of these). This will take at least an hour. Have patience.
Run the now filtered cocktail through the filtered curdles again (pour gently, don't stir them up) and have the same patience again.
Finally run the mix through a coffee filter a couple of times
Chill and serve

This is the longest process I have gone through to make a cocktail, but it was really good and fun to learn! Next clarified cocktail I make will probably be a golden caddilac :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Wow, that's quite the process!

My link talks about how it's popular with bartenders. How does the process work at a bar, when a customer probably doesn't want to wait 2.5 hours for a drink? Would bars mix up big batches ahead of time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, i do like four litres of prebatch in a big bowl, let it sit for at least four hours . I use strainers then coffee filters. It is a fucking pain to make in bigger quantities till you get the whole process right.

I do not do the whole cocktail though only the booze and a bit of acid. Rest gets added in front of the guest.

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