Flair Project
While strawberries are known them for their flirtatious relationship with chocolate, this is one berry that can’t be tied down. And when it leaves its cocoa counterpart waiting alone at a table for two, the independent Strawberry skips town to reach its fullest potential in the Strawberry Coquette.
What we call Strawberry Peppercorn Virgin Shrub is known in many culinary cultures of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe as kompot. Not to be confused with the dessert called compote, kompot is a non-alcoholic drink made from fruit simmered with water and sugar.
We decided to incorporate that non-alcoholic delight, and not a store-bought syrup, into our cocktails because of a few reasons…
As winter is here, it’s time to pack on the layers of clothes to get warm and cozy up with a soul soothing drink in hand. So, at Flair Project we have come up with the perfect cocktail to do just that this winter season.
Who doesn’t like a liquid dessert? Yes, please! With the boom of these dessert cocktails like chocolate and tiramisu martinis, the trend is to mix alcohol with some sweet liquor like Bailey’s Irish cream and Godiva Liqueur. However, after the third sip the sugar crush happens and the cocktail is often left abandoned
Lets take a break from the almond craze for a minute. Remember when we all drank dairy, ate real cheese and made a true PBJ? Yeah…me either but let’s switch up the nut and talk about almond’s forgotten cousin, the pistachio!
If you ever had to create signature cocktails for events, then you probably know that it could be a real grind. Satisfying the inevitable demand for originality combined with facility limitations and the serious efforts most event bars usually require, makes creating cocktail lists for events more than just a muse project.
Last month we were invited to perform at a cocktail competition held at Good Lion Bar here in Santa Barbara. The competition called for the contestants to make the best Negroni in town. This challenge attracted some of the finest local craftsmen who amazed the crowd with creative ingenuity and impressed tough judges with their all around expertise.
One of the most rewarding aspects of being apart of Flair Project has been watching our company grow and receiving recognition. Recently our beverage director Ivo Peshev, was featured in this June’s issue of Santa Barbara Life & Style magazine. He was interviewed and “recognized as one of the best bartenders in the western United States.”
There are moments in life when you have to stop and look at where you are and think to yourself, this truly is amazing. These are moments we remember as once in a lifetime experiences. One of those rare moments for me was when I was asked to be in a Nickelback’s music video “She Keeps me up”
In the world of bartending a divide between flair bartenders and mixologists has appeared and is gaining speed. It seems that now a days as a bartender you have to be one or the other, you cannot be both. And even more than that, there is a competition between mixologsts and flair bartenders as to who is more qualified to claim their title.
Classic cocktail videos in under a minute
Classic cocktail videos in under a minute
Classic cocktail videos in under a minute
Classic cocktail videos in under a minute
Classic cocktail videos in under a minute