The Drinks Magician

When is a lemon not a lemon? When you add a slice to a drink of course! It becomes a garnish, obviously, but there's more to it than that. So here's a little lesson in molecular chemistry. No, stay there, honestly it won't be that bad I promise! OK? Want to carry on? Good, here goes: Adding a small slice of lemon (or lime, orange, cucumber, thyme sprig etc) changes a drink on a very basic level. What we actually add is some water, fruit sugars and citric acid in the case of lemon. Due to the shape of the molecules involved, different actions take place. Alcohol's molecular structure for example, allows H2O to fit inside, thus by adding a  little water you smooth the alcohol burn in a spirit. The sugars and acid bring sweetness and a sharpening edge to your drink. It's for this reason we shouldn't always use the same garnish for every gin or vodka or rum. Each individual spirit has a unique recipe and will be complimented by a corresponding addition. On ...

 ...drinks of course! To be more specific though, each bespoke tasting event is unique. Once you've decided on whether it'll be beer, wine or spirits we can tailor our events to suit you, your guests, venue and budget. Have a look at our website price list for some ideas by clicking here.   Let's take our most popular option, a gin tasting for a dozen or so people, at your house. The Drinks Magician arrives in plenty of time to set up with everything needed like glasses, various garnishes and mixers, info sheets (optional) and obviously gin! Most people go for the 6 gin package which gives a great spectrum of styles and tastes to explore. Once your guests arrive and are settled we start with briefly explaining how gin is made, it's history and how the event will proceed. We taste each gin neat, then with a garnish to compliment the flavour and finally with a mixer (not always the one you would expect) to fully explore the depth of flavours and how they can ch...