Mixology 101

These days, if you want to open a world class restaurant, you better hire a world class mixologist. Some out of town restaurateurs are obviously aware of this, so they set up a meeting with Master Mixologist Alex Ott (Sushi Samba, Buddha Bar - Paris, Bao 111) to craft specialty cocktails for a few new establishments. Luckily, your friend DBTH was invited along to observe. And taste. And taste we did.

The location was a downtown dive bar where you wouldn't expect to find exotic drinks and NASA based technology. That's right, NASA. We walked in and were given a 12 page booklet and scorecard for the 55 drinks we would be tasting over the course of 3 hours. You do the math, because we are still tipsy. Alex not only comes up with unique recipes for your bar, he also comes down and trains the neophyte bar staff on how to make each drink. Hire him and a new establishment can wow you with exotic fruits, insane spices and world class cocktails that will go perfectly with your menu and keep its prices down. Genius.

The tastings were crafted for a new tequila bar and gastropub opening in Somewheresville, USA, so the menu was influenced by Mexico City trends for the former and classics for the latter. But Alex shook things up with some groundbreaking twists to leave the group, including an executive chef and sommelier, truly wowed.

We know, it sounds too good to be true. It almost was. Luckily, we have some evidence. So feel free to cruise over to our brand new DBTH Flickr Page.

YAY. Flickr.