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You will be graded on class participation, cocktail identifications, short quizzes, an in-class presentation accompanied by a short paper, and a final project involving the creation of a new cocktail.
This course has broadly covered the art, history, and science of mixed drinks. This includes distillation and blending or spirits, base spirits, modifiers (including liqueuers and aromatized wine), and flavoring agents (including syrups and bitters), cocktail history and etymology, techniques, proportion, brands, company trajectory, cocktail taxonomies, and ice. Please identify a topic that loosely falls into one of these categories and write a 5-10 page paper about it. References do not count toward the page limit. I prefer 1-inch margins and 12-point font. Please clear your topic with me (email is fine) before class on Thursday. The paper is due by 12.00 (noon) on Thursday, 26 January 2012. You may submit your paper electronically.