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 [...]

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 [...]

Sazerac Hunt 2008

This post marks the debut of contributor Robert Simonson, a veteran of Tales of the Cocktail 2007. Robert is a Brooklyn-based wine and spirits journalist. He further documents his interest in these topics at Off the Presses.
One of the pleasures of the Tales of the Cocktail spirits convention is that one’s examination and exploration [...]