How can I get good spherification results with alcohol?
Reverse spherification

You need to first make a sodium alginate bath, mix with one-third of the water to begin with using a hand blender and then add this to the final full proportions. You need to let this bath sit for a while to ensure there are no bubbles left. (Standard practice).

Add your calcium lactate to the mixture you are trying to spherify. Apparently thickening the the alcohol with xanthan gum can help to form better shaped spheres.

further information:


http://blog.khymos.org/recipe-collection/ &lt;-- fantastic recipe collection
http://www.molecularrecipes.com/spherification/reverse-spherification/