The Worst Drinks on Bourbon Street
Blair Reynolds is a Portland-based tiki fiend and proprietor of Reynoles Galley. He documents these obsessions at Trader Tiki.
A bittersweet irony holds its head aloft during Tales of the Cocktail, as the city so well known for its inspiration in the development of classic cocktails, and the “meeting of the modern cocktail minds” that Tales [...]
The Final Word
Marleigh Riggins is a print production artist and cocktail enthusiast in Los Angeles. She publishes the blog SLOSHED!
It’s been nearly a week since Tales ended and I feel as though I’m just barely getting my land legs back under me. It was a wild and amazing week in a wonderful city, surrounded by enthusiastic, interesting, [...]
How Tasty!: Musings on Tastings and Tasters
Steve Schul and Paul Zablocki ply their love for cocktails, mixology and food pairings on their Web site, Cocktail Buzz.
There is no better joy than to see a grown man or woman take a sip of something so utterly breathtaking, words fail to to express the glow of inner peace. Ah, the ineffability of Elysian [...]
Sazerac Sightings in New Orleans
As I wrote earlier on this blog of having spent an inordinate amount of time during my past trips to “Tales of the Cocktail” sampling and rating Sazeracs—my favorite drink—at various Crescent City restaurants and bars, I figure I should weigh in here on my 2008 findings.
I tested four restaurants are bars on their Sazerac [...]
Tales of the Cocktail Roundup
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.
I thought I should post a quick something to just round off the Tales of the Cocktail thing. I may still post more on individual sessions later of course. [...]
Impressions from TOTC, Vol. 1
Keith Waldbauer is a bartender at Union in Seattle. He chronicles his interest in bartending and cocktails at Moving at the Speed of Life.
Impressions from Tales V.1
As I busily prepare for my upcoming wedding and continue to tend bar every night, I thought I’d try and squeeze in a few quick hits from my notebook [...]
The Expansion of the Cocktail
Robert Heugel is a Houston-based bartender and student of mixology. He publishes Drink Dogma.
Someone asked me today how my trip to New Orleans went. After describing the hazy evenings and all of the wonderful people I met, I faced the same question that seems to be reoccurring in all my conversations about [...]
The Other Side of the Table
Paul Clarke is a Seattle-based writer specializing in spirits and cocktails. He publishes The Cocktail Chronicles.
Tales of the Cocktail is a much different experience when you find yourself on the other side of the presenters table. Instead of just freewheeling it around like you’ve done on other days, you actually find yourself in work mode, [...]
It came from New Orleans!
Blair Reynolds is a Portland-based tiki fiend and proprietor of Reynoles Galley. He documents these obsessions at Trader Tiki.
I’ve put up a few pictures from Tales of the Cocktail in my Tales 2008 Gallery on Tradertiki.com. Strangely, I found myself distracted by the good food, booze, and conversation and was more apt to [...]
Appletini (1997-2008)
NEW ORLEANS — Dekuyper Sour Apple Pucker “Martini”, died July 19, 2008, after much mocking and disgrace.
Born in 1997 at a lab in Deerfield, IL it spent most of its life trying to gain respect in the cocktail community and impressing sorority girls with its promise of, “you won’t taste the alcohol!” In 1999, Sour [...]
