Summary: Mixology

Read the summary and the most important questions on Mixology

• 1 Product knowledge

• 1.1 History

  This is a preview. There are 1 more flashcards available for chapter 1.1
  Show more cards here

• What is the history of the cocktail?

  • 14th century: Alchemists elixirs for medicinal purposes
  • 17th century: increasing of drinking (Enigma where the origin of the word "cocktail" comes form)
  • 1806 the term was first published in an American newspaper
  • 19th century: perfecting cocktail recipes 
  • 1862: Jerry Thomas published the first cocktail book "how to mix drinks"

• What is the definition that the American newspaper gave to the cocktail?

  "A stimulating liquor composed of any kind of sugar, water and bitters"

• When did cocktail bars begin to appear outside the US?

  • 1889: Opening of the first American bars in Paris coincided with the World's Fair 
  • 1919 - 1933: 18th amendment prohibited the manufacture and trade of alcoholic beverages in the US. During this time many Americans emigrated in France and brought the jazz and cocktails. Cuba also was the home for many trusty Americans, that came to consume rum-based cocktails (the mojito in La bodeguita del medio)

• What was created since the bars were forced to close in the US?

  Speakeasies, which were clandestine bars, where triplets come to swill contraband alcohol and listen to jazz

• How was the leader of this underground industry?

  Al Capone

• What is the inspiration for the Tiki bar?

  • Polynesian culture 
  • Cocktails with a tropical them

• 1.2 Distillations

  This is a preview. There are 4 more flashcards available for chapter 1.2
  Show more cards here

• With what ingredients can we make alcohol?

  1. SUGAR-BASED ingredients (fruits, sugar cane, beetroot)
     
  2. STARCH-BASED ingredients (cereals, rice and potatoes) --> first they have to do the saccharification process in order to transform their starches into fermented sugars

• What does ABV stands for?

  Alcohol by volume

• What are the 3 purposes of the distillation?

  1. Increase the ABV from 8% to 96%
     
  2. Purify the wash
  3. Extract the aromas

• What is the history of the distillation?

  • The Egyptians were the first to use the alembic
    
  • 14th century: monasteries began to use it to prepare aqua vitae (= healing concoctions, achieve immortality)
  • 17th century: Industrial stills were used to produced alcohol on lager scale --> alcohol became more available, consumption increased and eventually turned int a public health issue 
  • 19th and 20th century: Large commercial distilleries come to dominate the market. Today small craft distillers have begun to thrive (local ingredients, traditional techniques and small-batch production)