The Science of Cocktail Carbonation from Better Cocktails at Home
Contributed by on Jan 03, 2014
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Thanks to Perlage Systems, we're talking about cocktail carbonation!
Before we dive into carbonating cocktails, I wanted to talk a little bit about the science of carbonation because I think it can help you with how you make cocktails with carbonation in them.
There are a few things that impact carbonation in cocktails:
1. Glassware
2. High-proof vs lower-proof cocktails
3. The coldness of the liquid being carbonated
4. Nucleation sites within the cocktail
There are many factors that go into carbonation, but these are a few of the more important ones when making cocktails. We've got some excellent carbonated cocktails coming up.