History of the Margarita – Preview
This is the first post from Brad Ellis, a New Orleans-based software engineer, and publisher of Bar Mix Master.
As I sit on the beach while on vacation sipping a Margarita my mind wanders off to a cantina where tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice came together for the first time. Was it a Mexican camarero, a [...]
Getting Your Booze Into the News
This is the first post from Lauren Clark, a freelance drinks journalist in Boston. She chronicles the city’s drinking landscape at Drink Boston.
For those of us who write about and promote drinks and mixology, Tales of the Cocktail is a magical time when we are surrounded by thousands of kindred spirits who want [...]
Spice and Ice
This is the first post from Marleigh Riggins, a print production artist and cocktail enthusiast in Los Angeles. She publishes the blog SLOSHED!
Kara Newman, food and spirits writer with bylines in publications like New York Magazine, Wine Enthusiast and Chile Pepper Magazine, brings “Spice and Ice” to Tales this year. Billed “for adventurous drinkers only,” [...]
Guest Blogger: Robert Hess
Known around the cocktail community as Drinkboy, Robert Hess is a leading figure in mixology and a fixture at Tales of the Cocktail. Here, Robert shares his perspective on the history of this event and on the development of the Museum of the American Cocktail.
Six years ago (2003) Stephen Visakay contacted me because he [...]
The Flowing Bowl
Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
Twenty years ago was a dark era indeed for cocktails in America.
Appreciation for both the craft of the cocktail and the theater of bartending had all but fallen by the wayside. Why, even I often found myself [...]
Potions of the Caribbean
This is the first post from Blair Reynolds, a Portland-based tiki fiend and proprietor of Reynoles Galley. He documents these obsessions at Trader Tiki.
Tales of the Cocktail is only a two months away, even a bit less at this point. At this time, thoughts of drunkenly gallivanting about, discussing the business of the boozeness, [...]
Of Chopsticks and Hand Injuries…Bartending 101
This is the first post from Gabriel Szaszko, a mixological obsessive in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He publishes Cocktail Nerd.
I have a problem in my bar at home. The worst part? I didn’t know I had a problem. And, I need to fix it right away so I can improve my fidelity in the art of [...]
Pineau des Charentes: an overlooked cocktail ingredient?
This is the debut post from Seamus Harris. Craig is a cocktail enthusiast from Auckland, New Zealand, who can sometimes be found in Shanghai, China. He writes Bunnyhugs.
Between now and July I will be bringing you few posts on France’s rich traditions in the areas of aperitifs and mixed drinks. Why this disconcerting [...]
A Full Haus
This is the first post from Misty Kalkofen, a bartender at Green Street in Cambridge, Mass., and a founder and blogger at LUPEC-Boston.
As owner of Haus Alpenz, Eric Seed is responsible for the smiles adorning the faces of many cocktail aficionados. It started with Seed’s personal search for a spirit the importer fell in [...]
Prologue to the Tales to Come
Robert Simonson is a Brooklyn-based wine and spirits journalist. He further documents his interest in these topics at Off the Presses.
This past week, I felt as if I was already at Tales of the Cocktail. Or a miniature version of it, anyway. From Monday, April 28, to Friday, May 2, I was the prisoner—uh, I [...]
