It was 2008, the first time I ever went to New York City. It was the first time in my life that I had the disposable income to travel and start seeing and doing things that always seemed like a joke to some broke punk kid. I had been working in the service industry for...
Who | Rachel Wright Where | Buffalo, New York, USA/ Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico Current Bar | OTB Past Bar(s) |Prescott’s Provisions , Mulberry Project Pop Up, Més Que, The Library, The Saturn Club, Crossroads Brewing Company (Athens, NY), Destino Cocina Favourite Spirit | Sotol Favourite Juice | I like working with funky vegetal and herbal juices. Favourite Classic Cocktail | The Tipperary Favourite Part of the...
Alexandr Gorokhovskiy is a spirits expert that also smokes cigars. Or he is a cigar expert that works in the beverage alcohol industry. Six of one, half dozen of the other. He is originally from Russia but calls Paris home these days. Having a conversation with Alexandr (who goes by Sasha) is much like smoking...
On our recent trip to Melbourne we were told that we needed to find a man named Hayden Scott Lambert. We were told that his movements behind a bar were methodical and graceful and that he had designed a bar unlike anything anyone had seen. That it was something special. We were not lied to....
“Econo is an old concept. The punk rockers picked up on that, the idea of scarcity and just using what you’ve got. And maybe more of you comes through because there’s less outside stuff you’re sticking on. All you’ve got is you, so you have to make something of it.” -Mike Watt, The Minutemen I...
When people find out that I’ve gotten certified as a sommelier, the response is often: “Have you seen that movie on Netflix? I think it’s called… “ “Somm? Yes, I’ve seen it.” (What I don’t tell them is that I’ve watched it multiple times and that when I watched it before my exam, I was...
To get better at anything requires a lot of hard work. Learning, practising, making mistakes and doing it all over again. The bartending community is full of veterans. Those people who have been behind the wood for decades. Who have seen trends and cocktails evolves. From these people we can learn a heck of a...
For the past thirty days, I have not consumed alcohol. Not a glass of wine. Not a shot of whisky. Not a sniff of anything alcoholic. Nothing. Bone dry. And it hasn’t been easy. While I am not a bartender, alcohol is a huge part of my life, as I suspect it is in your...
Please take time to read Part 1 and Part 2 of our Taking Action Against Sexual Assault in the Industry series before continuing with this one. It’s now 2017. Yet, in this modern age – in this age of supposed freedom and equal rights, our industry is not working hard enough. In the past year throughout...
To get better at anything requires a lot of hard work. Learning, practising, making mistakes and doing it all over again. The bartending community is full of veterans. Those people who have been behind the wood for decades. Who have seen trends and cocktails evolves. From these people we can learn a heck of a...
