This thursday two exciting events will happen at Mixoloseum.
First there will be a cocktail garnish chat hosted by Rick “KaiserPenguin“ Stutz, a fabulous garnisher and photographer, me and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, as you know author of several famous and outstanding books on Tiki cocktails.
Everything from the simplest lemon twists to the most crazy/funny ideas and elaborate ice moulds and dramatic fire displays will be discussed. It starts at 6pm EST.
Right after that a Tiki-themed TDN takes off! can it get any better?
And to quote KaiserPenguin: “If you are at work during the chat, bring in a lemon, lime, and a vegetable peeler.There’s nothing like spritzing your monitor with citrus oil in the afternoon.”
COCKTAIL GARNISH CONTEST
We also want to announce that we have a Mixoloseum cocktail garnish contest!
From today and until oct 30, make a nice cocktail with appropriate garnish. Be creative, be crazy and dont be shy..Best garnish wins a bottle of this years limited release of Blossa Swedish Glogg.
These Gloggs are only sold in a very limited quantity and mostly finish very very fast .They are only sold once to never come back again.
Here you can see how they look and this years release which is Blueberry flavored.
http://www.bvd.se/en/news-28-01.htm
http://www.bvd.se/en/news-28-02.htm
When you have made your drink, take a pic and upload it somewhere, like flickr or picasa and then in true MxMo fashion write a comment with a link to the pic and your blog or/and e-mail under this post about this garnish chat.
We pick the winner during the week after prior to the next TDN – oct 30 to be announced at the TDN, and our blogs The pricebottle will be sent out as soon as its out for sale which will probably be in mid november.
So take the chance and win a bottle of this elusive Glogg which bottles are award winning design. A good start is to be active here tonight in the garnish chat!
So get ready for garnishing and whip up a Tiki drink and join the fun!
9 Comments
Hey Tiare,
I may make something like a more traditional garnish next week if I have time, but my first entry is up.
Hi Tiare,
Here’s a new cocktail I’ve been working on for a while with an interesting garnish. The photo doesn’t quite do it justice.
http://myachinghead.net/2008/10/the-elusive-cheese-cocktail/
Thanks for your entries, John, it look like the link was broken so here it is:
http://www.xanga.com/rhesuspieces00/679384471/halloween-08.html
Hey Tiare,
Loving the new site – I’ve changed my links over to the new URL now too.
Here are my entries in the garnish competition. Picassa links are below:
Blood & Brandy
Sudanese Rose, pic I
Sudanese Rose, pic II
Cheers!
Thanks for your entries Chris!
I was going to try for another entry. I peeled a cantaloupe and was planning to twist the skin around a pipe-cleaner to make something like the dragons you see at chinese new-years parades. Unfortunately, the result looked more like a retarded sand worm. Oh well.
Hey, that was fun! the expression “retarded sand worm” got me to laugh..but you have yet time until thursday to go.
And here’s my entry, just under the wire: stick of fresh ginger wrapped with orange twist.
Nice entry Stevi! thanks!