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Acid Trip (Part I)

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Acid Trip (Part I)

Episode 122

What’s shakin, cocktail fans?

Welcome to episode 122 of The Modern Bar Cart Podcast!

This is a very special episode. It’s kind of a behind the scenes look at what the research and development process actually entails for people in the cocktail world like myself. Eric is joined by cocktail colleague Charlie Berkinshaw of Element Shrub, and together they debrief a video series they spent about 12 hours over the course of two separate days filming.

In this series, we work our way through the four most common acids you’ll encounter in the cocktail world: citric, acetic, mallic, and lactic. Now, there’s a good chance you’ve heard some or all of those words in some context before, whether it’s on the ingredient panel of some food item or in a high school chemistry class. But, we’re examining these compounds through a strictly mixological lens so that you can understand some of the things going on below the surface in your favorite drinks

Introducing Jungle Straws

Most of our listeners are aware of the concerted effort in the bar industry – and at really mainstream places like Starbucks – to reduce plastic waste in the form of disposable straws, so we thought we’d do our part here at Modern Bar Cart and offer a couple different options that are both stylish and sustainable for your home drinking needs.

The one we’re launching with this episode is our 7-piece stainless steel straw set made by Jungle Straws, which comes with four straws, a straw cleaner, a bamboo carrying case, and even a jute cloth case that holds it all. This is a great personal set for an individual, and what I like about it is that you can take it to work with you, you can take it hiking or camping, and you’re completely self-contained with your handy carrying case.

To celebrate these new items, we’re offering 15% off your entire order when you enter the coupon code JUNGLE at checkout anytime during the month of November 2019, and remember – as always, we’re rockin that free shipping on all orders over $40.

Upcoming Events

This coming Monday, November 4, I’ll be doing some podcasting and filming at the Catoctin Creek Battle of the Bartenders at Ah-So in Brambleton VA. I know it’s a bit late, and tickets may be hard to come by, but if you’ll be at that event, be sure to stop by and say hi.
Next, on November 8-10 we’ll be selling bitters and slingin drinks at the Emporiyum, which is a three-day event held at Dock 5 in Union Market here in Washington, DC. During the Friday night preview party, Eric will be emceeing a cocktail competition, which is gonna be great. And then Saturday and Sunday we’ll be mixing up several hundred Junglebirds and Aperol Spritzes for all the thirsty people featuring local ingredients from companies like Lyon Distilling Co. and Don Ciccio e Figli.

Show Notes

In this episode, we reference a lime acid formulation made using water, citric acid, and malic acid, as well as an acid adjusted orange juice. Below are the formulations we used, as well as the original formulation from Liquid Intelligence, by Dave Arnold. To make these, you simply need to weigh the ingredients using a digital kitchen scale, then combine combine them and stir until dissolved.

Lime Acid Recipe

94 g (or 94 ml) Filtered Water
4 g citric acid
2 g malic acid
0.04 g succinic acid (optional)

Acid Adjusted Orange Juice Recipe

1 liter fresh squeezed orange juice
32 g citric acid
20 g malic acid

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Episode 122

Introducing Jungle Straws

Upcoming Events

Show Notes

Lime Acid Recipe

Acid Adjusted Orange Juice Recipe

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