Molecular is an exclusive mobile bar service formed on the basis of a standard mobile bar but incorporating cutting edge service offerings. The Molecular team strives to stay ahead of the trend by providing a multi-sensory experience to the age old sophistication of the cocktail experience.
Molecular Bars incorporate new age and rarely seen methods to deliver unusual flavours and unheard of elements to the already established and static approach to current mixology. They utilise techniques such as spherification, gellification, foaming and smoking, amongst others, to produce an incomprehensible visual and taste sensation.
Take the idea of a standard full bar and turn it on its head … Molecular Bars also offers a selection of edible cocktails transformed from your range of standard drinks like a gin and tonic, vodka Red Bull, brandy and Coke etc.
Options offered by Molecular Bars:
(Ag) Silver bar (Full Bar)
Bar service with a selection of your own choice of liquor, soft drinks, juice, wine, champagne etc.
(Au) Gold Bar (Cocktail Bar)
Bar service with a selection of your own cocktails. Ranging from classic cocktails (Mojito,Caipirinha, Margarita, Cosmopolitan, Daiquiri) to a variety of their other speciality cocktails.
(Pt) Platinum Bar (
Exclusive bar service with a selection of your own premium cognacs and Cuban cigars.
(O2) Oxygen Bar (Smoothie/Non-alcoholic Bar)
Bar service with a selection of fruit juices and soft drinks along with a selection of virgin cocktails.
(C) Carbon Bar
Bar service with a selection of
(Hg) Mercury Bar (Molecular Bar)
Similar to the Gold Bar but with a bit of a scientific twist. Choose from a number of selected cocktails that step out of the reality norm making use of Molecular Bar’s new age techniques for a futuristic taste sensation.
If you just need a bar for the night without any staff or service, Molecular Bars do dry hires as well.
Find out more about Molecular Bars on their Facebook page or contact them on 082 067 4248. They are based in the Randburg area and can cover the whole of Gauteng.
More about molecular mixology
Molecular mixology was inspired by molecular gastronomy. The first example of molecular mixology goes back many, many years and would be the layering of drinks (density and viscosity), as we often see in shooters,
Wikipedia defines molecular mixology as the term applied to the process of creating cocktails using the scientific equipment and techniques of molecular gastronomy.
One area of molecular gastronomy is combining foods will similar chemical compositions. If one ingredient has high levels of amines or aldehydes then they should be combined with other ingredients that contain high levels of amines or aldehydes.
All that sounds very technical and, indeed, molecular mixology, properly applied, is very technical as it is meant to use scientific methods and principles in order to produce the various cocktails.
Currently molecular mixology concentrates on working with the physical properties of drink. This is done by making foams, gels and mists, looking at vapour concentrations and using an appropriate glass, determining cooling properties with ice and also applying heat to caramelise sugars.
These methods enable the creation of greater intensities and varieties of flavour, flavour combinations and different ways of presenting drinks, all of which add up to a very exotic looking cocktail.
However, it is on the emotional side that molecular mixology comes into its own. Molecularly mixed cocktail creations are attractive, eye-catching and something so very different. They add an element of fun and excitement to your event and will be sure to get your guests talking.
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