Water Shortage in Cape Town, South Africa
Let’s be honest for a minute, bars and restaurants are pretty inefficient when comes to environmental awareness. Steps are being…
Author: Josh Lindley
Josh Lindley began his spirits quest in 2006 after short stints in the broadcasting and music industries. He has worked behind bars at notable Toronto establishments like Bar Isabel, Chantecler and Civil Liberties. He also worked as brand ambassador for an unusual gin. In 2016 he and life partner, Jessica Blaine Smith, created Bartender Atlas, a worldwide online directory of bartenders. Together they travel the globe tasting exciting cocktails made by the most passionate bartenders. They are also co-creators of Toronto Cocktail Conference and execute events for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts all over the world. Josh currently hosts the Branching Out Podcast. In 2023 he made a Spirited Awards Top Ten Nominated Podcast called The Blackbird and in 2024 he made a sequel called The Shaft which was a top 4 finalist for The Spirited Awards. His preferred style of drink is “bitter and stirred” and his preferred style of music is “desperate”.
Cocktails with Oaxacan Ingredients
Hey Bartender Atlas devotees, here’s something you might not know: before I started dedicating all my online time to this…
Custom Aprons with Maria Galvan of LUCIO Tailoring Co.
I met Maria Galvan a few months ago when she was visiting our friend Jess Mili in Toronto. She was…
Beefeater MIXLDN Canada Winner Jason Griffin
Beefeater MIXLDN is the biggest gin based cocktail competition on the planet. Currently in its 7th year and in dozens…
How Dubai Developed: A talk with Rebecca Sturt of Pineapple Consultancy
The skills that one grows and develops as a bartender are innumerable. Applying these skills to other jobs isn’t always…
Bar Hop: Nashville
Published December 4th, 2017 Recently I found myself in Nashville, Tennessee for all of about 48 hours. That’s not…
Bar Hop: New Orleans (the other bars)
There are few cities on the planet better known as “places to drink” than New Orleans. On your first trip…
Jim Meehan and Meehan’s Bartender Manual
It was 2008, the first time I ever went to New York City. It was the first time in my…
The Boozy Bookshelf: Spirit Of The Cane – The Story of Cuban Rum by Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller
Full confession: I love rum. It may even be my favourite of the brown spirits. At one point, Jess even…
The Boozy Bookshelf: The Cocktail Competition Handbook by Andy Ives
The book I read immediately previous to The Cocktail Competition Handbook was Amy Poehler’s Yes Please! There is a chapter in…