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The Jerry Thomas Project – The Sangarees

August 11, 2010

The Jerry Thomas Project is the re-creation of all of Jerry Thomas’ cocktails from Jerry Thomas’ Bar-Tenders Guide: Receipts for Mixing in their purest form. Jerry Thomas is considered America’s father of mixology publishing the first cocktail book in 1862.
I just got back from shooting the Oregon Bounty video and while I was looking through [...]

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Who Wrote the First Cocktail Book?

August 5, 2010

Well it just so turns out that Jerry Thomas might not have written the first cocktail book published in the U.S. Harry Thomas, self-titled publisher and professional bartender, writes on the very first page of his book, “There was published, by me, in San Francisco, the first Bartender’s Manual ever issued in the United [...]

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Who is drinking up all the booze in America?

August 3, 2010

Ever wonder how much Americans like to drink? Well here is an interesting little poll – what I find the most shocking is how many Americans don’t drink at all!  I also like that the poll asks 18 – 20 year olds (obviously we need to lower the drinking age – as it is [...]

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Tiger Woods – Oh How Do You Get Caught?

August 2, 2010

It never fails in American politics that every few months you will hear about a scandal where one very powerful and well-known man cannot keep his schlitz in his pants. There is always a feeling like, “Yeah, of course you were going to get caught – you went to the SAME hotel and had [...]

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From Moonshine to Tales – what to check out this weekend

July 23, 2010

Good Vapors, or Finding the Hearts in Stumptown’s Distillery Row
Check out what’s going on in Portland’s small batch distilleries.
Here’s a fun blogpost from Palate Press about Portland’s distillery row and what three different Portland distillers are up to.
Moonshine Finds New Craftsmen and Enthusiasts
No need to own a still – you can just buy moonshine [...]

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Can you make a cocktail out of weeds in your backyard?

July 21, 2010

What is this plant?

Lately, I often hear the debate between the difference between mixologist and bartender and I try to stay as far away from it as I can – as I find it to be a bit like politics or religion. You are never going to change the other person’s mind and you [...]

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Better than the Best

July 20, 2010

“You can stop training,” my coach said to me. “The contest is off.” I put down my weighted shaker, took my headphones off, wiped the sweat from my brow and looked up in disbelief.
The suicide drills between the kitchen and the bar, squats on full cases of beer, lunges with magnum Champagne bottles [...]

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Behold the little linen elves

July 16, 2010

I want to find cool articles right now to link to, but it is just not going to happen as I have been awake all night and I finally have the opportunity to rest.  I have promised myself to a massive project that needs to be done by Saturday night, which means “NO REST FOR [...]

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Mixologist vs. Bartender

July 15, 2010

Bartender is to Mixologist as Bar Sous is to
a. Bar Back
b. Bar Assistant
c. Product Manager
d. All of the above
There’s constantly this debate about whether bartenders are mixologist and mixologists are bartenders and anyone who gives a rat’s ass seems to have a mind-nullifying opinion on the definitions of both words. But it occurred to [...]

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30 Drinks Every Bartender Should Know

July 13, 2010

So I have a new hire who is about to bartend her first bartending shift and I was about to e-mail her 30 drinks every bartender should know and looking for a list (so I wouldn’t have to make it) and almost every list I found was absolutely ridiculous. For example, one site listed [...]

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