Spin Cycle With Dave Arnold
A Master Class on Centrifugation, Clarification, & Cocktails
Dave Arnold (food/cocktail science educator and host of the Cooking Issues podcast) and Don Lee (spirits educator) stopped by the Academy to celebrate the debut of Dave’s Spinzall 2.0 and deep dive into all things clarification and cocktail!
If you missed this special session, don’t worry—we recorded it for you! If you wondered about nucleation sites, pectin, and enzymes work, or how strong a centrifuge you’d need to clarify chicken stock…clear the next two hours, grab a notepad, and hit play.
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