Gingerbread spice and similar for enhancing eggnog and seasonal drinks.Salt & Pepper, celery salt or celery pepper for the Bloody Mary and Bloody Cæsar.Jell-O powder and Kool-Aid powder are interesting variations for novelty drinks.Wasabi sugar or wasabi salt for hot and spicy drinks.There are colorful sugars, which work just fine but there also flavored salts and sugars which can give your drink an extra kick.Īdvanced materials you may want to consider: It is only limited by your imagination and your personal tastes.
If you’re ready to move beyond plain salt and sugar, you can use anything that complements the flavor of the liquor in the drink. Partial rimming is great because then the client has the choice of drinking the cocktail with or without the enhanced flavors. Some people prefer to do the whole rim, while others do half rims or three quarter rims. Citrus juices from oragnges, lemons – and most used – limes are the best to use when rimming. In most cases you’ll want something that is very sticky and that wont dry too quickly. On rare occasions water can be used when using very finely powdered substances, such as powered sugar and finely ground spice items. Water is generally not used because it dries too quickly. You can use all sorts of things to get something to adhere to a rim. Pre-rimmed glasses not only save you time, but make a great looking display for your guests to admire. You can do this for your home if you’re having a party. Some bartenders choose to prep there glassware in advance. Adding something to the rim of the glass can make a drink look delicious but have no real effect on the flavor, but with smart selections it can really enhance the flavor of the cocktail. There is one element that crosses both categories: rimming.
The latter category includes paper umbrellas, swizzle sticks, and ornamental fruit. In the former category you find cherries, olives, citrus of all types, and herbs. For newbies, Garnish is something you add to a drink to enhance the flavor Garbage is something you add to a drink for a visual effect. Rimmingīartenders are familiar with Garnish & Garbage. Granted it’s not the same as an oil painter setting up a canvas and painstakingly recreating a meadow it may be more akin to a painter working the tourist trade on the sidewalk, cranking out a landscape every 15 minutes, but it is art nevertheless. You may or may not be comfortable being thought of as an artist, but the business of bartending is approximately 50% knowledge and 50% creativity. This would be suitable for a zombie theme party, and looks appropriately awful. Of course that’s not true strictly speaking. If you serve something like this, you’re not getting a tip. No matter how good it tastes, it’s just filthy looking, unattractive and no one’s going to want to have anything to do with it.
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