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Bartender Journey Episode #263

The Old Fashioned.

I was at a sitting at a bar the other day and there was a bartender, training a young lady who was obviously brand new to bartending. The younger one…

Dave Pickerell was a huge force in American whiskey over that last several decades.

Unfortunately Dave passed away at age 62 on November 1 of this year, 2018 in San Francisco. He was there attending …

We talk to Sother Teague about his new book I'm Just Here for the Drinks.

Sother Teague's first book is informative, entertaining and filled with cocktail recipes. We catch up with him at his book re…

After my shift the other night, I went to a dive bar that I had never been to before. I asked for a Tanqueray and Tonic. It came in a pint glass and was very strong. For a 16 oz drink to taste very s…

Listen in to "Toast to Tales", the official kickoff to Tales of the Cocktail.

Plus we speak with friend and Bartender Kyle McElfresh.

Tales of the Cocktail 2018 was a great sucess!

Here's a quick run down of what went on.  More from #TOTC18 on future episodes.

Cheers y'all!

The Martini

“Martini, shake or stir”. Here’s my take on that.

James Bond ordered his Martini’s Shaken not Stirred because that is the EXCEPTION to the rule. If he had ordered just a “Martini”, it wou…

Listen to the Bartender Journey Podcast # 253 with the audio player on this page, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts,  Android or Stitcher Radio.

This week on the show we talk with Walter Easterbrook who…

Listen to the Bartender Journey Podcast # 251 with the audio player on this page, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts,  Android or Stitcher Radio.

This time on the podcast we talk with Bacardi Legacy Glob…

This week on the show we talk to Natalie from Beautiful Booze. She travels the world taking amazing photos of her boozy adventures.   She talks to us from Italy.

We’ll talk about cocktail photography…

Today on the show we talk to Michael DelRosso.

Owner/Creative Director of Union Square Advertising which does Advertising, marketing, printing and social media strictly for the hospitality industry.

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• Today on the show we talk Ilias Mastroganis, who makes Mastroganis Ouzo and Grappa out in Washington State.

• Book of the Week:

Road Soda Recipes and Techniques for Making Great Drinks Anywhere…

Today we talk with Adam Seger, Chef Bartender/Corporate Sommelier at iPic Theaters and TUCK Hospitality Group.  Upstairs from the iPic Theater at South Street Seaport is the Tuck Room. Adam invited H…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  St Patty’s on a Saturday! Double trouble.  If you are working, please keep your guests in line and encourage good choices! 

Consider taking the T.I.P.S. course.  It’s abou…

We talk with Eric Kozlik from the Modern Bar Cart Podcast and Embitterment Bitters.

Eric’s podcast is interesting and well researched. We discuss bitters and the effect that hobbyist Bartenders are h…