The Sticky Shed
This week’s cocktail is named after the tragedy that happens to magnetic media: Sticky Shed Syndrome. When the binders in magnetic coating start to deteriorate, the coating separates or flakes from the plastic substrate. This is not good. One creative solution to this devastating sickness is called ‘baking’, where the tape is actually subjected to relatively high temperatures (not standard oven baking temps) in order to remove the moisture and temporarily repair the tape.
The Sticky Shed cocktail is a hot drink and uses Goldschlager for its flaky ingredients that remind me of sticky shed.
5 oz Apple Cider (or juice) heated
1 oz Goldschlager
To spike that, add 1 oz of Applejack (apple brandy)
- OR - for that brown magnetic tape color (sort of):
1 package of instant hot chocolate (prepared per instructions)
1 oz Goldschlager
This week’s post is also a shout-out to those at the Association of Recorded Sound Collections conference in New Orleans (which is too alcohol soaked to do a city-specific feature).
Disclaimer: I have never wanted to, nor intend to, drink Goldschlager. This drink is not kid-tested, mother-approved, but is animal-friendly (I hope). It is merely a conceptual interpretation of a preservation term. Friday Cocktails urges you to please drink responsibly (even if it means no Goldschlager).
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