Trash The Place

Aug & Sept 2017

Adopting a closed-loop approach to cocktailing, the team at Vesper continue to discover inventive,
fun and gratifying ways to reduce their waste!

“ONE MAN’S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN’S TREASURE”

Carefully and considerately recovering, re-using and recycling what was otherwise destined for the bin, this creative endeavour spawned an arsenal of revelationary craft ingredients that became the starting point for a variety of tasty conscious cocktail creations...

Dedicated to this new found approach the team started to also notice how engaging this concept was and so devised a plan to involve the wider bar community- to embrace comradery, cultivate
creativity and inspire awareness, whilst offering customers an exciting, thought-provoking and
super tasty drink experience!

For the months of August and September Vesper warmly welcomes some of Amsterdam’s most creative bartenders to feature on this first-of-a-kind reduced waste collaboration menu.

Here are some of the results...

'End Of Shift' by Andrei Talapanescu, Pulitzer Bar

DEADSTOCK GIN - END OF SHIFT OLEO SACCHARUM - PINK CITRUS STOCK

'Pura Vida' by Ioannis Sideromenos, Mad Fox

RUM INFUSED WITH IOANNIS’ VERY OWN HAND-PICKED, ORGANIC COSTA RICAN CACAO - COCONUT & CACAO ORGEAT – PIMENTO DRAM - LIME - ORANGE PEEL MARMALADE & CACAO DUST

'Life's Lemons' by Tiago Vasconcelos, Door 74

EGGSHELL BOURBON – SMOKED LIMONCELLO – LEMON SHRUB CARAMELISED LEMON SEED & PEPPER SYRUP – LEMON TREE LEAF TONIC TEA

'Ne Me Jetez Pas' by Timo Stemerdink, Restaurant C

TEQUILA BLANCO – SUZE – PEATY WHISKEY
SPICED RHUBARB STOCK SALVAGED FROM THE KITCHEN – HIBISCUS BITTERS - BEETROOT DUST

'Shell, Husk, Rind' by Raffi Besiktasliyan, Salmuera

ESPADIN MEZCAL – PINEAPPLE – LIME - SALT -
PISTACHIO SHELL, LIME HUSK, PINEAPPLE RIND & PURPLE CORN FALERNUM

'Exotic Scavenger' by Daniel Dias, The Duchess

COCONUT WASHED RUM – PINEAPPLE LEAF SYRUP - LEMON – CARAMELISED BANANA PEEL MILKSHAKE – ANGOSTURA BITTERS

'Sugar, Spice & All Things Nice' by Moenier Hamza, Hiding In Plain Sight

JAVA BARU ARAC - PANDAN SYRUP - MOLASSES BITTERS - CLOSED-LOOP PANDAN RICE PUDDING

'Citrus Circuit' by Wouter Bosch, Rosalia's Menagerie

LEMON INFUSED CYNAR - LEMON JUICE - LEMON CORDIAL - LEMON PEEL - AMARETTO - BOURBON

'Back to our Roots' by Martin Eisma, Bluespoon at the Andaz Hotel

NOLET GIN - BEETROOT, LEMON, & THYME INFUSED CAMPARI - BEETROOT, & CARROT SYRUP - BEETROOT & RADISH LEAF TINCTURE - WHITE CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR - LIME - LAVENDER BITTERS

'Aroma Therapy' by Stefano Pastorino, Porem

SKINFLINT MINT TEQUILA - BERGAMOT LIQUEUR - LIME - AGAVE - SALINE SOLUTION - ABSINTHE SPRAY

'Oil Spill' by Vincent Nouws, Bar de Vlieg

WILLIAM GEORGE RUM - BANANA & AVOCADO FALERNUM - OLEO SACCHARUM - LITTER BITTERS - ANGOSTURA OIL SPILL

Images courtesy of David Costa