The 99 Items I Packed to Give a Cocktail Seminar...
July 20, 2015
...and I didn't even make drinks.
I gave two full-length seminars and one mini-seminar at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans this year. For my seminar on Prehistoric Cocktail Technology, I went kinda big.
Here is my packing list, without multiples. 99 things, dayumn.
- ice cream maker balls
- cream
- lemon + lime juice
- knife
sugar
- simple syrup
- eggs
- orange flower water
- East Imperial soda water
- East Imperial tonic water
- batch container
- measuring containers
- rock salt (1/2 cup container)
- ladel
- ice cracker tool
- Bar towels
- pipettes
- Clamp post
- clamps
- plastic poster tubes with perforated red caps
- aquarium filters- bio bags
- coconut charcoal
- mavea charcoal
- coffee filters
- Unfiltered cake vodka
- Filtered cake vodka
- dehydrated cake vodka
- Milk
- Bar spoon
- Funnel
- Clarified Zacapa
- Test tube rack
- Test tubes
- Dehydrated blueberries
- Dehydrated strawberries
- Annatto seeds
- Saffron
- Cochineal
- Magnifying glass
- Blure
- Tonic syrup
- blue water
- Acid Phosphate
- Isi Siphon
- CO2 cartridge
- Blacklight flashlight
- Salt
- Black sheet
- Cooked agave
- Small plates
- Wet naps
- Clear bucket
- Ammonium nitrate
- Stir bar
- Thermometer gun
- 2-liter bottles
- white wine vinegar
- baking soda
- funnel
U-Fizz hoses
- U-Fizz bakind soda tube
- big pitcher
- measuring cup
- Burton Water salts
- piloncillo pyramids
- piloncillo syrup
- clarified piloncillo syrup
- Bottle of chill filtered scotch
- Bottle of not chill filtered scotch
- Juniper oil
- Infusion of DJ blanco with baked pine shavings
- Oak essence
- Grape seed extract
- Caramel coloring
- Glycerin
- pine shavings
- baked pine shavings
- Bonne-O Carbonator
- Extension cord
- Carbonator pills
- Long tube with cap on one end
- soda water
- Insta-Foam
- Bottle opener
- Nuun for Alka-seltzer demo
- Zacapa Rum 2 bottles
- Don Julio Tequila Blanco 2 bottles
- Don Julio Tequila Reposado 1 bottle
- Don Julio Tequila Anejo 2 bottles
- Don Julio Tequila 70 (70th anniversary clear anejo) 1 bottle
- Label Maker
- Extra Label Maker Tape
- Sample cups
- Tripod holder for poster paper
- Tasting straws
- Cinchona bark
- Microscope attachment for computer
- Bamboo Straws
- 2 Ice chest/bucket
- White background paper/Black background poster paper
Plus I packed 200 baggies of dehydrated liqueur for my other seminar and some other stuff. Perhaps the greatest achievement was fitting it all into 3 suitcases.
Good times! Thanks to those who attended!
Gee Camper, it sounds like you had 99 problems but a drink ain't one
[ducks]
Posted by: fang2415 | July 28, 2015 at 02:52 AM