The B3
This week in 1899, Bayer Corp. patented a little pill they called “aspirin.” For a healthy heart, listen to the history of it’s creation once a day, then take two of these and call us in the morning:
THE B3, as concocted by Summer Voelker, mixologist at Salt of the Earth bar in Pittsburgh, home town of Bayer Corporation USA:
Pulverize the following, as you would a chemical compound:
- 1 capful sodium bicarbonate tablets (Italian grocery stores stock them)
- 1 sugar cube
- 1/2 lemon, zested and dehydrated
Place the powder into a cocktail glass, then add:
- 1 1/2 oz. chilled vodka (preferably Pittsburgh’s Boyd & Blair)
Give the compound a quick stir with a spoon and marvel at chemistry in motion.
