Tropical drinks are an essential part of the cocktail canon, and a new book, “Tropical Standard: Cocktail Techniques & Reinvented Recipes,” promises to bring this category into the modern cocktail age. For this episode, we’re joined by authors Garret Richard and Ben Schaffer to talk about how some of the techniques devised at today’s cutting-edge bars can be used to boost the quality and possibilities of tropical drinks.
Tropical drinks have a timeless quality, but that doesn’t mean the recipes and techniques for making them need to be stuck in the past. Brooklyn bartender Garret Richard (Sunken Harbor Club) and author Ben Schaffer (The Rum Reader) bring today’s cutting-edge bar knowledge to the world of tropical drinks in their new book, Tropical Standard: Cocktail Techniques & Reinvented Recipes. In this episode, we talk with Garret and Ben about the enduring appeal of tropical drinks; how modern bar knowledge can be brought to bear on the category; and how such a contemporary approach can refresh the tropical drinks canon. Follow Tropical Standard on Instagram at @tropicalstandardbook.
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