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SideBlog: Sh*t Bartenders Say

Doug — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:41:23 +0000

Sh*t Bartenders Say:

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Tiki Timeout: Max La Rocca’s “3 is the Magic Number”

Doug — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:25:19 +0000

OK, this isn’t strictly TIki. But it is strictly awesome.
Max La Rocca produces a “3 is the Magic Numbe”r old-fashioned, amidst a cloud of smoke… just like magic.
I never thought an Old-Fashioned post would work during Tiki Month, but here you go!

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Instructional Video: The Mojito

Doug — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:04:49 +0000

The definitive How-To-Make-A-Mojito video, brought to you by EyeHandy, helps us… slip into Tiki Month….

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Bar Review: Sable in Chicago

Doug — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:25:19 +0000

A rave review of Sable Kitchen & Bar in the Hotel Palomar in Chicago.

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A Cocktail Carol

Doug — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:06:16 +0000

A play in one act from the Pegu Players Reparatory Theater
{Presented here for your enjoyment in it’s annual repost!}

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SideBlog: Open Tryouts for 2012 Columbus Iron Bartender 12/13/11

Doug — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:05:00 +0000

Open tryouts for the 2012 Columbus Iron Bartender. Dec. 13th, 2011 at Park Street Cantina.

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SideBlog: David Wondrich Decodes Your Personality From You Drink of Choice

Doug — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:51:16 +0000

David Wondrich decodes your personality from your drink of choice. And he’s damn spot on, almost as if he knows drinkers or something. “The sort of person who, when presented with the dazzling array of elegant potables offered by a state-of-the-craft cocktail bar, confines himself or herself to a dry Martini is the sort of [...]

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Review: One Flew South, Concourse E, Atlanta Airport

Doug — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:57:39 +0000

One Flew South is hands-down the best airport bar I’ve ever been in….

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Barcrawl Review: Drink in Boston

Doug — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:24:09 +0000

Drink in Boston is an amazing experience.

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Barcrawl Review: PS7 in Washington, DC

Doug — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:16:52 +0000

Day Two of the Great Cross-Country Barcrawl began with drinks and dinner in the lounge of PS7 in Washington, DC.

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For the Love of God, Bartenders!

Doug — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:34:00 +0000

Bartenders, for the love of all that is holy, please listen to what I have to say:
Quit shaking your goddamn Manhattans!
The Gospel of Whiskey is a simple drink, guys. Really, it is. It has only three ingredients. You can even speed-pour and get the ratios right. The garnish is cheap, easy, and beautiful. All you have to do is chill and dilute these ingredients, and put them in whatever glass your establishment has for cocktails. Voila! When you are done, you have created a monster classic cocktail which will have likely been requested by the more discerning and sophisticated of your customers….

(Much more in the post.)

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Distilling Magic

Doug — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:20:04 +0000

The magic here isn’t the result of distilling grain or grape, but of distilling the last three years or so of cocktail trends. This little video, produced using Xtranormal, was written by Phillip Duff for a seminar at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, featuring himself and Angus Winchester.
Oh, in this particular distilling method, all they kept was the most heinous of the heads and tails of the run….

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How To Do Everything… Including Some Cocktail Stuff

Doug — Fri, 06 May 2011 22:42:34 +0000

How To Do Everything is a fun podcast from NPR with all sorts of interesting information of variable utility. Some of it is cocktail and drinking related, so check it out!

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Darcy Sure is Grumpy Lately

Doug — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:39:12 +0000

Art of Drink’s Darcy O’Neil has seemed to me to be a bit grumpy lately. The best evidence of this is his latest post, Jumping the Shark, in which he drags “Flavor Guru” Alex Ott out behind the Rule 4 woodshed and gives him a good hiding with a switch Alex cut himself. The occasion [...]

Now This is Tiki Dedication

Doug — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:54:59 +0000

I don’t know who Morgan Hendry is, but he’s into Tiki, and he had the most awesome Halloween costume last year….

Craft Cocktails From a Soda Gun

Doug — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:35:55 +0000

Eben Freeman serving up premixed cocktails through a soda gun. I’m guessing this pisses off all sorts of purists, but not me….

Columbus Iron Bartender 2011 Results

Doug — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:21:11 +0000

A run down of this year’s Columbus Iron Bartender competition. Congratulations to winner Chris Dillman!

Columbus Iron Bartender 2011

Doug — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:27:26 +0000

The second edition of Columbus’s Iron Bartender competition will be this Sunday, January 16th, from six until nine PM. This year’s event will be held at the Park Street Saloon (525 N Park St), just around the corner from the North Market. I covered last year’s event here and here. This year’s four Iron Bartenders [...]

On Hiring a Bartender For Your Parties

Doug — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:47:13 +0000

In which I attempt to find some wisdom in an act of epic douchebaggery by the New York Times and its interview subjects, as they discuss employing a bartender at a private cocktail party.

Review: Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston, TX

Doug — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:20:00 +0000

In which I review Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston: A place run by and for cocktail geeks.