Have brunch with Kahlua
The fine people of Kahlua recently held a competition in which cocktail bloggers contested to create a brunch cocktail featuring Kahlua. The winning drink will be featured and served up at Kahlua’s Coffee Bar at Tales. The winning drink comes from blogger Rick Stutz, manager and chief human at Kaiser Penguin. Rick’s also one of the [...]
10 Rules to Follow at Tales of the Cocktail
[ This is the first of an ongoing Survival Guide series for Tales of the Cocktail. ]
Tales of the Cocktail is anticipated, hot, and maniacally joyful. The event draws cocktail creatures of every ilk and creed to New Orleans for way too many days of imbibing and revelry. To be blunt, it’s deadly and [...]
Tiki Spirited Dinner
Rick Stutz is a cocktail connoisseur and tiki aficionado, and publisher of Kaiser Penguin.
A momentous thanks to Chef Chris DeBarr, Jeff “Beachbum” Berry and his lovely wife, and Wayne Curtis for making a magical evening for all of us. I greatly enjoyed the spirited dinner at the Delachaise last year, but this blew it [...]
Live Blogging Sensory Perception and Mixology
Rick Stutz is a cocktail connoisseur and tiki aficionado, and publisher of Kaiser Penguin.
4:27pm – The panelists for this highly anticipated session are Darcy O’Neil, Robert Hess, Jamie Boudreau, Audrey Saunders, and Eben Freeman. In front of us is a mysterious and small manila envelope. If I had to wager, I’d say it contains taste [...]
Live Blogging Rum, Ron, and Rhum
Rick Stutz is a cocktail connoisseur and tiki aficionado, and publisher of Kaiser Penguin.
12:29pm – Our panelists today are Wayne Curtis, Angus Winchester, Ben Jones (Rum Clement) and Chesterfield Browne (Mount Gay). This is going to be an exciting one.
12:42pm – Here are the cocktails for the session:
Winchester Swizzle
1 1/2oz Bacardi 8
1/2oz Rock Candy [...]
Live Blogging Jerry’s Kids
Rick Stutz is a cocktail connoisseur and tiki aficionado, and publisher of Kaiser Penguin.
10:46am – Ted Haigh begins by going into the origins of the cocktail. Most likely a warm whiskey cocktail, with bitters playing a very important role. Newspapers took the role of publishing recipes, but it took 60 years before cocktails [...]
Live Blogging Molecular Mixology
Rick Stutz is a cocktail connoisseur and tiki aficionado, and publisher of Kaiser Penguin.
12:24pm – I got a good bit of flack last year from Jamie for live blogging many of the events, so I thought it only appropriate to put him through the gauntlet this year.
12:31pm – Here are the cocktails for the session:
Ramos [...]
A Day in Pictures
Rick Stutz is a cocktail connoisseur and tiki aficionado, and publisher of Kaiser Penguin.
The Cafe Adelaide Swizzle combines New Orleans Amber Rum, fresh squeezed lime juice, bitters, a splash of soda and a “secret ingredient” which just so happens to be Velvet Falernum.
The opening reception packed us all into a room like sardines, but plied [...]
