{"id":6310,"date":"2014-10-23T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2014-10-30T08:38:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:38:33","slug":"wine-and-spirits-mix-ol-o-gy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wine-and-spirits-mix-ol-o-gy\/","title":{"rendered":"WINE AND SPIRITS &#8211; MIX-OL-O-GY"},"content":{"rendered":"<a id=\"wine-and-spirits-mix-ol-o-gy\"><\/a><p><b>THE COCKTAIL AS A<br \/>\nCULINARY ART FORM<br \/>\n<\/b>Odds are you\u2019ve heard the phrase \u201ccraft cocktails\u201d at a bar or restaurant recently. It\u2019s such an in vogue term, that often comes however with very little explanation, even when found on a menu.\u00a0 Basically, a \u201ccraft cocktail\u201d is one in which all elements are handmade or made special to a drink.\u00a0 The bartender has become the \u201cbar chef\u201d and making homemade syrups and bitters, serving up custom shaped ice cubes, and substituting more traditional spirits, you may find barrel-aged liquors.\u00a0 The results: whether simple or complex, \u201ccraft cocktails\u201d are made with more attention than the usual mixed drink, and delivers a much more satisfying drinking experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process of making craft cocktails is a lot like that of the artisan food movement, focusing on flavor, high quality ingredients and taking your time in order to do those ingredients justice.\u201d (The Barback, 08\/13)<\/p>\n<p>Mixology as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is \u201cthe art or skill of preparing mixed drinks.\u201d\u00a0 The word was first used in 1892.\u00a0 In recent years, \u201cmixology\u201d has become a more commonly used word, and conveys a more refined study of mixing cocktails, than the typical \u201cbartender.\u201d\u00a0 And this certainly is a cause of much discussion among those who work behind the marble countertops.<\/p>\n<p>This does not imply that one is better than the other.\u00a0 Each requires a different set of skills in serving the consumer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE COCKTAIL AS A CULINARY ART FORM Odds are you\u2019ve heard the phrase \u201ccraft cocktails\u201d at a bar or restaurant recently. It\u2019s such an in vogue term, that often comes however with very little explanation, even when found on a menu.\u00a0 Basically, a \u201ccraft cocktail\u201d is one in which all elements are handmade or made<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wine-and-spirits-mix-ol-o-gy\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":6311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,122,121],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}