Dropping in on NOLA
Michael Dietsch is a bartender between gigs, a writer with an attitude, and an editor with a fast red pen. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and blogs about spirits and cocktails at A Dash of Bitters.
First day in New Orleans! Sazerac, chicken and jambalaya at Coop’s Place, and a group tasting panel at d.b.a.! [...]
In the City of Jazz
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.
New Orleans is a city full of beautiful and interesting things to see, great music, fantastic food and people. This is the city of food, drink and music but [...]
Bartending Fun-Da-Mentals
SeanMike Whipkey is the co-author of Scofflaw’s Den, an “online speakeasy of potent potables and other pabulum.”
Last year I only made it to one session, really – and so I’ve already matched it! Angus Winchester and Jacob Briars deliver an entertaining seminar about bringing the fun back into drinks and I basically live blogged it [...]
The First Assembly of Cascadians is Called to Order
Are you from Washington, Oregon, or British Columbia? Meet us at Coop’s this Friday at 8pm. Hell, just to show we’re good sports, the San Franciscans can come, too.
Tales-ing it up!
Yes, SeanMike from Scofflaw’s Den has been in New Orleans for about half a week now, and there’s a brief recap posted over here.
Drambuie: Revisited, Revived and Remixed
Kevin Gray (Cocktail Enthusiast) is a Dallas-based freelance writer and food and drink fanatic.
Tales of the Cocktail’s Wednesday start date is belied by all the booze doled our Tuesday night. With little regard for their livers, some attendees chose to attend Tuesday’s events, include Drambuie’s Revisited, Revived and Remixed event, which featured the Rusty Nail cocktail in its original [...]
Abigail Takes New Orleans
Abigail “Rye Girl” Gullo dives head first into New Orleans. Check it! She’s visited the French 75 Bar and also celebrated her first Abita in New Orleans (and yes, it really is better here).
Botanical Garden with Charlotte Voisey
Kirsten Amann (LUPEC Boston) is a freelance writer, lifestyle publicist, and founding member of the Boston chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC Boston).
*This post also appears on the LUPEC Boston blog.
If you are a fan of LUPEC Boston you are likely aware that we are big fans of gin. We [...]
So where y’all wanna eat? (Oh-Ten!)
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Yeah, I’m not going to be able to make it to Tales this year. (Waah! I don’t wanna talk about it.)
But I do hope all y’all have a GREAT time at Tales, and I want to [...]
Hows and Whys of Cocktails
Wendy and Dayne Miller (LuggageTag) spend their time searching out bars, restaurants and adventure in the near and far corners of the world, chronicling many of those experiences at LuggageTag.
Hurry, hurry. If you’re interested in attending Friday’s “Hows and Whys of Cocktails,” only 20 seats remain. If you’d like to know why you should attend this [...]
