Tales From Tales
This year’s Tales of the Cocktail conference (my second) in New Orleans was a glorious success. Hung out at familiar…
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Old Meets New — The Vieux Nouveau Sazerac
Great experiences, meeting old friends, and making new ones — that’s how I describe the recent Tales of the Cocktail…
Tales of the Cocktail — Welcome to the Den!
Here’s a multiple choice question — if you’re reading this it means you: while you were I’m honored that you…
The Society of Unrepentant Drinkers
Do you like to drink alcohol? Do you appreciate a good cocktail? Can you hold your liquor, wine or beer? …
A Cocktail For Independence — The RWB
In honor of the Fourth of July (for my non-U.S. readers — this is Independence Day in the United States),…
American Exceptionalism — Bourbon
Neat, with a little water, on the rocks, or in a cocktail. Today is National Bourbon Day, so it’s time…
For Kings And Queens — The Royalist
As an American, the concept of royalty is foreign (literally and metaphorically) to me. There have been great kings and…
Some Visual Cocktail History
Ever wonder where some enterprising person created a particular cocktail? Thanks to Vinepair, you can now look at a map…
Dreamin’ of the Caribbean — The Pina Colada
Sometimes a cocktail is all about the context in which you drink it. For me, the pina colada is a…
Win, Place, Show — The Mint Julep
Three is an important number in horse racing — the Triple Crown, the number of the most common bets (win,…