Meet Nevada's Most Imaginative Bartender
Contributed by on Sep 12, 2014
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At BLVD Cocktail Company, mixologist Juyoung Kang makes cocktails to suit the tastes of her guests. But for the Nevada finals of Bombay Sapphire’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition, Kang created something to suit herself. And it blew the judges away. You see, Kang is lactose intolerant, so many cocktails are simply off the menu for her, including the Ramos Gin Fizz. In fact, that’s what inspired her winning entry, The Lacy Fizz, which delivers all the creamy mouthfeel of that soda-topped gin classic, but with a creative dairy-free twist: just gin, lemon juice, egg white and spiced syrup, shaken and topped with soda.
The magic is in Kang’s incredibly complex garage-fermented, tea-based milk punch soda, for which she did extensive research into dairy chemistry. The milk is curdled and strained out, leaving behind a creamy texture, but with significantly less of the lactic acid that she cannot stomach. Preparing the milk punch soda in advance made this drink seem deceivingly simple.
“I’m a problem solver, an innovator and someone who finds solutions to things that need adjusting,” Kang says. “My perspective is to always look ahead, research the past and marry the trends.”
Read on and get the recipe: http://vegasseven.com/2014/09/04/nevadas-imaginative-bartender.