Posted by dietsch on August 11, 2010
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Hal Wolin (A Muddled Thought) resides in New York City, prefers his cocktails to be a bit outside the box, and has been known to accept any cocktail challenge, including combining chartreuse and burnt marshmallows in a hotel room at 4am while attending Tales of the Cocktail.
So, you know now from Hal’s previous posts a little of what it’s like to be a Tales apprentice, but you might still be wondering what the application process is like. Hal’s got your back on this one, too.
Posted by dietsch on August 10, 2010
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Tiare Olsen (A Mountain of Crushed Ice) hails from Stockholm, Sweden and is a passionate cocktail and spirits geek with a special love for tropical and tiki drinks.
After missing Nola for too long – i could have kissed the ground when i landed..I have met both old and new friends, both from the city and from the whole world, had many nice long walks, seen the roseate spoonbill – aka “Evangeline Rose” and gators, (eaten them too – well not the spoonbill…) Been to the Museum of the American cocktail and theSouthern Food and Beverage Museum.
Posted by seanmike on August 7, 2010
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SeanMike Whipkey blogs at Scofflaw’s Den right now, and you don’t, unless you’re named Marshall Fawley. He lives and works right outside of DC and is impatient to get back into the city right this second to eat and drink at the bar he just spent a couple of hours typing about.
The last session of Tales for me was Plate & Glass, featuring hometown heroes Peter Smith and Gina Chersevani of PS7 restaurant. My (oh my god I’m so hungry now) write-up is over on the Den.
Posted by dietsch on August 3, 2010
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Hal Wolin (A Muddled Thought) resides in New York City, prefers his cocktails to be a bit outside the box, and has been known to accept any cocktail challenge, including combining chartreuse and burnt marshmallows in a hotel room at 4am while attending Tales of the Cocktail.
Wanna know what it’s really like to be a Tales apprentice? Let Hal Wolin fill you in.
Posted by dietsch on July 31, 2010
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Tiare Olsen (A Mountain of Crushed Ice) hails from Stockholm, Sweden and is a passionate cocktail and spirits geek with a special love for tropical and tiki drinks.
Isn’t it amazing how fast the time flies during Tales? all of a sudden it’s all over…and you’re left full of impressions (and a tired liver)……..
Posted by dietsch on July 31, 2010
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Tiare Olsen (A Mountain of Crushed Ice) hails from Stockholm, Sweden and is a passionate cocktail and spirits geek with a special love for tropical and tiki drinks.
So much to do in New Orleans, so little time to blog…and i think i’m not the only one who found it difficult to find time to write. Its the people, the sessions, the parties, the music, the food, the sights..check it out!
Posted by seanmike on July 31, 2010
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SeanMike Whipkey is one of your hosts over at Scofflaw’s Den, based out of beautiful Washington, DC – well, okay, Arlington, VA, actually – where they mostly discuss cocktails and occasionally cigars and sometimes nothing of importance at all.
Like Michael Lazar, I was at the Bitters & Amaros session – but my notes got destroyed in a conniption fit by my netbook, so my gloriously mis-remembered (possibly) post is here on Scofflaw’s Den!
Posted by mr_manhattan on July 29, 2010
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Michael Lazar (Stirred, Not Shaken), mad kitchen scientist cum bartender, is responsible for testing and tasting all the cocktail recipes and homemade ingredients in the book “Left Coast Libations.”
I previewed Jacob and Sebastian’s seminar on amari (A Shot of the Black Stuff) in the run up to TOTC. When I didn’t hear back from the presenter, I had to make up everything I wrote. After attending ‘the real thing’ I had to do a proper write up, cause it was that awesome!
Posted by dietsch on July 28, 2010
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Nick Nemeth (Cocktails and Cordials) is a writer, bartender, and mystery man in Ontario, Canada.
Nick runs down his ten lessons from TOTC2010.
Posted by dietsch on July 28, 2010
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Ted Munat is a Seattle-based fan of good spirits and a co-author of Left Coast Libations, available right-the-hell-now at leftcoastlibations.com. He blogs at Le Mixeur.
My last day in New Orleans was Sunday, July 25th. That day at noon, being a few hours away from my flight departure, an hour past having checked out of my hotel after getting one hour of sleep, and 6 hours after having gotten caught in the mighty aqua force of Tropical Storm Bonnie on Iberville Street, I was interviewed by Tim McNally on AM 690 WIST New Orleans. Barely moments into the interview, and before I’d really even gotten my bearings, Tim asked me what got me into this whole cocktail field.
Oddly enough, I had no prepared answer for this. I’d never really thought about it. It just kind of seemed to happen. But faced with the embarrassment of making my live radio debut by saying, “uhmmmmm,” I quickly reached into the proper spot of my subconscious and fetched the real answer. The real answer was, quite simply, Murray Stenson.
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