Our first issue is out and here are the content highlights:
- Jungle Bird - The true origin and creator of the drink that put Malaysia on the map of classic cocktails.
- Art, Love and Cocktails - Cocktail Professor is breaking through the traditional cocktail making trends by integrating their knowledge with the locals, wherever their consultancy work brings them.
- History of Traditional and Modern Cocktails - A travel chart that shows the timeline of classic cocktails, with their recipes.
- Gin or Vodka - Use interchangeably and compare them through recipes.
- The Gin Book
- Whisky or Whiskey - The difference between the two spellings and where to learn more about the dram by Matthew Fergusson-Stewart.
- Beer in Malaysia - A brief history, styles of beers and what’s available now in Malaysia.
- Bar Highlights
- Bartender's Handshake
- How Wines Are Judged - Dr Stephen Hall tells us the process of wine judging.
- Sweetness & Bitterness - Understanding how our palate works through coffee science.
- Want to be a bartender? - Should you?
- Bangkok - Drink unlicensed craft beers and a speakeasy bar among erotic services.
- Books for Bartending - Good reads recommended by Jay Gray.
- A Bartender’s Memoir - Ben Ng putting the profession into perspective.
Thirst Magazine is available at RM10 a copy in MPH, Kinokuniya, Popular, Borders and any book stores in Klang Valley. You can also email us at editor@thirstmag.com and we’ll post you one.