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Showtime Cocktails
Kathleen Stoehr Oct 22, 2021

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Such flair!
Photos courtesy  WTA Photo via SpotMyPhotos

Andre Ichim, shown here at Catersource + The Special Event in July 2021, drew cheers from the audience via his showman style. Later in the routine, he climbed atop the bar and poured cocktails simultaneously. 

Such flair!
Photos courtesy  WTA Photo via SpotMyPhotos

Andre Ichim, shown here at Catersource + The Special Event in July 2021, drew cheers from the audience via his showman style. Later in the routine, he climbed atop the bar and poured cocktails simultaneously. 

Candela
Photo courtesy Clane Gessel Photography; Recipe courtesy The Cup Bearer

Justin Pasha places a vapor bubble atop a cocktail at the 2020 Love Shack party in New York City. 

Recipe: Candela

2 oz. Plantation Pineapple Rum 
.25 oz. Demerara sugar syrup
3 dashes chocolate bitters 
Orange peel 
Cinnamon vapor bubble 

Directions

Combine all liquid ingredients inside a mixing glass, add ice and stir well. Strain into coupe glass, garnish with orange peel and cinnamon vapor using a Flavour Blaster gun. 

So cool!
Photo courtesy Jack Parada and Leading Caterers of America

Above and left: Bacardi was poured into a block of dry ice to instantly chill, and then scooped as a slushie into awaiting vessels. 

So cool!
Photo courtesy Jack Parada and Leading Caterers of America

Above and left: Bacardi was poured into a block of dry ice to instantly chill, and then scooped as a slushie into awaiting vessels. 

Fire
Photo: INGimage

Unique glassware and a culinary torch are enough to keep the guests coming back for more.

Smoke
Photo courtesy Lefteris Kalampokas

he dab of dry ice was just enough to create a smoky  & photographic dream in the “Petit Caquiri” from Petit Camion of Greece.  Instruct guests to let the cocktail sit (take all the photos you want) until the ice is completely dissolved. 

Sizzle
Photo courtesy Kathleen Stoehr

Rosemary smoke & alcohol flame: Note how Rotterdam mixologist Chi-ho Ta keeps a very small spritzer bottle of Mandarine Napoleon (a citrus liqueur)  to intensify the flame applied to the rosemary sprig. 

Eye-catching decor
Photo: Alamy

Pouring a champagne tower is not without risk. It takes practice and a strong foundation for it to work properly.

Eye-catching decor
Photo: Alamy

The absinthe fountain contains chilled water that drips slowly over a sugar cube and into a glass containing absinthe. But—many bartenders have found other uses for the fountain such as dispensing small amount of liqueurs or drips of shrubs or bitters.

No flair? No worries!
Photo courtesy Manda Levy

For the so-named “Terpene Tuesdays” co-owner and sommelier Tara Guthrie creates CBD flower infusions with hempseed vodka at Chase’s Place Cocktails + Kitchen. The cannabis garnish is the eyecatcher, of course. 

Go for garnishes
Photo courtesy National Peanut Board

Below right: A tiny PB&J sandwich on the Breakfast Crush “Martini” from Natalie Migliarini, Beautiful Booze, is a tasty and eyecatching garnish.   

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