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Book Review: Beachbum Berry REMIXED

Doug — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:31:01 +0000

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was an age of drinking called the Tiki Era. It was a perfect storm of circumstances and personalities that illustrates my contention that drinking defines and is defined by all peoples in general and America in particular. Tiki arose from the fact that The Noble Experiment [...]

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Sideblog: Commitment to the Bar Business

Doug — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:48:11 +0000

Here’s one way to open a bar…. Extra points for opening one you don’t even own!

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Chopped Mixology Columbus Finals

Doug — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:55:29 +0000

Monday was the finals of B2 Productions’ Chopped Mixology Columbus. It was a crowded, raucous house at Mozaik that got its money’s worth out of the competition. The finalists were, in order of selection, Cris Dehlavi, Zak Renzetti-Voit, Jordan Conkey, and Joseph Gardina. You can read about each and their roads to the finals at [...]

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SideBlog: The Business Case For Mixology

Doug — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:56:50 +0000

The Business Case for Mixology. The fiscal reasons owners need to spend the effort and cash on real mixologists and their logistical support.

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Sideblog: (Mostly) Naked Bartenders

Doug — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:55:15 +0000

Naked Bartenders. Eye candy for the chicks—eww for the guys. Unless it isn’t eww… NTTAWWT.

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Chopped Mixology Fourth Round Results

Doug — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:51:23 +0000

The final preliminary Round of Chopped Mixology Columbus is in the books, next week will see the champion crowned. (Here are the Week One, Week Two and Week Three roundups) This week’s contestants struck me as each possessing a personality and style that perfectly suits the establishment they were representing to a T. The crowd [...]

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Chopped Mixology Third Round Results

Doug — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:03:46 +0000

June 28th was the third round of Columbus Chopped Mixology, hosted by Mozaik. (Here are the Week One and Week Two roundups) I was once again a judge, and had a great time. If you don’t think that judging a contest like this is hard, however, you are wrong. Oh, sure. It’s a hard knock [...]

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Chopped Mixology Second Round Results

Doug — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:09:12 +0000

Monday was the second round of the Chopped Mixology Competition at Mozaik in the Columbus Arena District. (First round results here) I had the very cool opportunity to be a judge this time around, and it was a great time. This week’s winner was Zak Renzetti-Voit, who bartends at Black Olive. Zak benefited from some [...]

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Chopped Mixology First Round Results

Doug — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:15:31 +0000

The first round of the Chopped Mixology Competition is in the books, and a good time was had by all. The contestants all put together a series of great offerings, leaving a lot of difficulty for the judges. The winner of the first preliminary round, who will move on to the final on July 12th, [...]

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Tonight’s Contestants for Chopped Mixology Columbus

Doug — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:28:41 +0000

Just a reminder about tonight’s first round at Mosaik of the Chopped Mixology Competition. Tonight’s contestants come from four well-known local establishments: Cris from M at Miranova, Lindsay from Haiku, Matty from Fado Irish Pub, and Jason of Mynt Ultralounge. They are expecting a large crowd this evening, so if you are planning on attending, [...]

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Chopped Mixology Competition in Columbus

Doug — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:45:55 +0000

This is first and foremost for the local readers, but I hope it will be of interest to others as well. Starting next Monday, June the 14th, sixteen of the most committed bartenders in Columbus will begin a month-long mixology competition at Mozaik in the Arena District. It will begin with four weekly preliminary competitions, [...]

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BlogBarCrawl Update

Doug — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:55:04 +0000

I’m happy to have discovered another cocktail blogger who actually works at this, Andrew Bohrer, of the blog Caskstrength. Andrew can carve an ice ball in 42 seconds, and creates famous bartender action figures out of Legos. I ran across Andrew’s blog because he is hosting the next Mixology Monday. The theme this month is [...]

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The Plasma Mary

Doug — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:15:32 +0000

Everybody has a Bloody Mary recipe. And everyone thinks that theirs is the best one on Earth. Everybody also has an assho…. Hey! Let’s not insult the readers, shall we? Not in the first line, anyway. Besides, what you say is not true. I do not have a Blood Mary recipe. …! Among the (many) [...]

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Paying for Cocktails

Doug — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:18:20 +0000

Good advice on how to pay for your drinks. Hint: Making life easier for your bartender will leave you less parched….

More Info on Japanese Cocktails

Doug — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:19:57 +0000

After my review of the new book, Japanese Cocktails, I’ve been sensitized to mentions of drinking in the Land of the Rising Sun. In that spirit, let me point you to a new post by Camper at Alcademics about Japanese Bartending Technique. It has some interesting remembrances of foreign travels, as well as a promo [...]

Pegus Round the Web

Doug — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:45:31 +0000

It is always nice when I get to go back to the original mission of this little circus, noting appearances of the Pegu around the web, and promoting it madly. The latest post I’ve found on the Greatest of Cocktails comes from David Lansing’s eponymous travel blog. Lansing discusses the Pegu in the context of [...]

Tiki Timeout: Bar Building and BlogBarCrawl Update

Doug — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:31:23 +0000

First, the latest episode of one of my favorite online comics: I’d love to use this as a seed to riff off of about building your own Basement Bar, and choosing to do it all yourself, versus hiring contractors. But in all honesty, the characters here are renovating and opening their own bar and restaurant. [...]

Varying Takes on Bartender Qualifications

Doug — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:33:21 +0000

My longer term readers know I am a fan of Gary Regan, one of America’s, and thus one of the world’s, preeminent bartenders. He, um, sends me to the Moon at times. Lots of folks claim American has no cuisine, but that is false. We have the Cocktail. If you want the best sauces, you [...]

Iron Bartender Offerings

Doug — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:54:52 +0000

I’ve gotten some details about the the drinks created at the Columbus Iron Bartender competition that I wrote up before. That post was little long to update with all this, so I’m doing a separate post. Here is what I have: Brandon Bowsher of Martini Park Jack Ginger Fresh I used the pecan and apricot [...]

Columbus Iron Bartender Results and Rundown

Doug — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:00:20 +0000

As promised, Maggi and I went to the 2010 Columbus Iron Bartender competition at Cotters on Sunday. It was a fun party, and the competition was entertaining. The crowd was great. We arrived about three minutes after the official start time of the pre-competition cocktail hour, and most of the audience had beaten us there. [...]