Hausgemacht, part 2

Michael Dietsch is a freelance editor in Providence, Rhode Island. He blogs about his interest in good cocktails at A Dash of Bitters.
Welcome back to the epic Hausgemacht interview. In part 2, I ask Ian Smiley and Mike McCaw how they got their start building, selling, and reselling distilling equipment. Ian’s up first, so enjoy:
Ian [...]

Making Your Own Cocktail Ingredients

Paul Clarke is a Seattle-based writer specializing in spirits and cocktails. He publishes The Cocktail Chronicles.
Tales of the Cocktail is now just a few weeks away, and Jesus, am I busy. I want to point out a few things that I’ll be doing in New Orleans — such as posting updates with more than 30 [...]

Death in the Gulf Stream: an underappreciated Hemingway drink

Seamus Harris is a dedicated enthusiast of well-made cocktails who splits his time between Auckland, New Zealand and Shanghai, China. He publishes the Bunnyhugs blog.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899. Were he still alive, he would be celebrating his 109th birthday just as Tales of the Cocktail wraps up. No doubt [...]

Artisan Still Design and Construction

Jonathan Forester is a brewer and distiller in Maine. He writes about spirits and cocktails at Slashfood.

Oh, to have had the chance to have attended a seminar like this a few years ago!
Mike McGraw will be giving what I think may be a very well attended and exciting, interactive session, Artisan Still Design and [...]

All About Artisan Spirits

This is the first post from Sonja Kassebaum, an Illinois-based distiller and fan of good drinks. She documents her interests at Thinking of Drinking.
You might not know it (yet), but there are a number of small distillers and spirit companies out there making amazing products. They may not have huge marketing budgets like Diageo or [...]

Two Unusual Quinquinas: RinQuinQuin and Orange Colombo

Seamus Harris is a dedicated enthusiast of well-made cocktails who splits his time between Auckland, New Zealand and Shanghai, China. He publishes the Bunnyhugs blog.
To assist my anticipatory salivation ahead of Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown’s Tales of the Cocktail presentation on “The Cafes of Paris”, I have been taking a look at a few [...]

The Three Amigos

This is the first post from Dr. Bamboo, freelance illustrator and cocktail enthusiast. His booze-centric misadventures are documented at his blog, Dr. Bamboo.

I recently had the chance to shoot the breeze with Philip Ward, head bartender/bar manager at Death & Company in New York. He‘ll be one of the good fellows enlightening us at “The [...]

Hausgemacht, part 1

This is the first post from Michael Dietsch, a freelance editor in Providence, Rhode Island. He blogs about his interest in good cocktails at A Dash of Bitters.
On May 17, I had the pleasure of participating in a Skype conference call with Matthew Rowley, Mike McCaw, and Ian Smiley, who will present the Hausgemacht panel [...]

Jerry’s Kids: The Life, Drinks, and Legacy of Professor Jerry Thomas

This is the first post by Erik Ellestad, a San Francisco based cocktail enthusiast. He publishes the food and drink blog, The Underhill-Lounge.
It’s hard to know exactly where to start when discussing the gentlemen who will be speaking on the panel titled, “Jerry’s Kids: The Life, Drinks and Legacy of Professor Jerry Thomas .”
Starting [...]