Andre Ichim, shown here at Catersource + The Special Event in July 2021, drew cheers from the audience via his showman style. Later in the routine, he climbed atop the bar and poured cocktails simultaneously. 

Justin Pasha places a vapor bubble atop a cocktail at the 2020 Love Shack party in New York City. 

Recipe: Candela

2 oz. Plantation Pineapple Rum 
.25 oz. Demerara sugar syrup
3 dashes chocolate bitters 
Orange peel 
Cinnamon vapor bubble 

Directions

Combine all liquid ingredients inside a mixing glass, add ice and stir well. Strain into coupe glass, garnish with orange peel and cinnamon vapor using a Flavour Blaster gun. 

Above and left: Bacardi was poured into a block of dry ice to instantly chill, and then scooped as a slushie into awaiting vessels. 

Above and left: Bacardi was poured into a block of dry ice to instantly chill, and then scooped as a slushie into awaiting vessels. 

Unique glassware and a culinary torch are enough to keep the guests coming back for more.

he dab of dry ice was just enough to create a smoky  & photographic dream in the “Petit Caquiri” from Petit Camion of Greece.  Instruct guests to let the cocktail sit (take all the photos you want) until the ice is completely dissolved. 

Rosemary smoke & alcohol flame: Note how Rotterdam mixologist Chi-ho Ta keeps a very small spritzer bottle of Mandarine Napoleon (a citrus liqueur)  to intensify the flame applied to the rosemary sprig. 

Pouring a champagne tower is not without risk. It takes practice and a strong foundation for it to work properly.

The absinthe fountain contains chilled water that drips slowly over a sugar cube and into a glass containing absinthe. But—many bartenders have found other uses for the fountain such as dispensing small amount of liqueurs or drips of shrubs or bitters.

For the so-named “Terpene Tuesdays” co-owner and sommelier Tara Guthrie creates CBD flower infusions with hempseed vodka at Chase’s Place Cocktails + Kitchen. The cannabis garnish is the eyecatcher, of course. 

Below right: A tiny PB&J sandwich on the Breakfast Crush “Martini” from Natalie Migliarini, Beautiful Booze, is a tasty and eyecatching garnish.