Some Post-Tales Reflections on The American Bartender of The Year

Ted Munat is a Seattle-based fan of good spirits and a co-author of Left Coast Libations, available right-the-hell-now at leftcoastlibations.com. He blogs at Le Mixeur.
My last day in New Orleans was Sunday, July 25th. That day at noon, being a few hours away from my flight departure, an hour past having checked out of my [...]

New Orleans: The Sorrow, The Pity, The Awe, The Joy

Ted Munat is a Seattle-based fan of good spirits and a co-author of Left Coast Libations, available right-the-hell-now at the Tales bookstore, in the lobby of the Monteleone. He blogs at Le Mixeur.
If I were ever to move to New Orleans I would almost certainly end up writing the best novel ever written. People all [...]

Jazz, Cocktails, and Storyville

Ted Munat is a Seattle-based fan of good spirits and the author of the upcoming Left Coast Libations. He blogs at Le Mixeur.
Jazz, Cocktails, and Storyville is the title of an intriguing seminar to be held at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail, fronted by moderator David Wondrich and featuring the stylings of Allen Katz, [...]

Aftermath

Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
The Munat Bros. are nothing if not the sad, pathetic losers hanging out, drink in hand, long after everyone else has called it a night, swaying to the beat of some non-existent music, calling out, “Where’d everybody go [...]

Self Promotions and Night’s Description

Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
As I sat more or less comfortably among the rows of the Vieux Carre room’s denizens, watching Robert Hess, Paul Clarke, Erik Ellestad, and some Canadian media whore named Boudreau talk about homemade cocktail ingredients, I started to [...]

Essential Guide to American Whiskey: Review of the Preview

Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
Every good preview deserves an equally good review, so after attending Essential Guide to American Whiskey with LeNell Smothers and Gary Regan, it seems appropriate to reflect back on my original sneak peek of the event, and [...]

Small Beautiful Rum-Flooded Palace

Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
Today was a proud and joyous day for the Munat Bros., as we ushered double top-secret brother David Thompson into the fold. David swigged from many a gallon jug of rum with Chesterfield Browne when both were young’uns [...]

Tales of the Cocktail, Day One: Faulkner, Warlocks, and the Bionic Woman

Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
“It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The [...]

The Flowing Bowl

Charles & Ted Munat are Seattle-based brothers and ardent fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
Twenty years ago was a dark era indeed for cocktails in America.
Appreciation for both the craft of the cocktail and the theater of bartending had all but fallen by the wayside. Why, even I often found myself [...]

Essential Guide to American Whiskey

This is the first post from Charles & Ted Munat, Seattle-based brothers and ardent, if somewhat unhinged, fans of good spirits. They blog at Le Mixeur.
Those perusing this year’s list of events at TotC have likely made note of the provocative pairing of Gary Regan and LeNell Smothers as hosts of the “Essential [...]