Portland Cocktail Week brought a lot of great events including informative and educational seminars. And then there were the parties. I knew I wanted to check out the Triple Buck event at Davis Street Tavern put on by the Bon Vivants and then maybe catch a few seminars over at Leftbank Annex. But when push […]
Portland Cocktail Week just wrapped up its fourth and very successful year a few weeks ago. I attended in 2011 and was very sorry I missed it last year. I committed to a full week of learning and was amazed how organized this year was. The theme was education. This year, bartenders got to choose […]
Manhattan Cocktail Classic may have canceled this year but New York is rallying to keep some events going. MCC is refunding tickets purchased for the Gala and the Industry Invitational but as they stated: “The local events highlighted on the “Special Events” page are still being held without association to the Manhattan Cocktail […]
March 2014 LA Cocktails Bacardi Pool Party Wray & Nephew Bone Luge at Craft & Commerce Hawaiian Luau at Coin Op with the Bon Vivants Pernod Ricard Party at Polite Provisions Speed Rack San Diego Weird Off at Seven Grand San Diego The Minty Bols Genever at URBN House Spirits and Campari at […]
This year has been zooming along and for Throwback Thursday, I thought it’d be fun to recap San Diego Bartenders Weekend that happened in early March. SDBW has rapidly become one of my favorite cocktail weeks or rather, it’s almost an anti-cocktail week because there is no education component (seminars). It’s all about bartenders […]
Ebanos Crossing with head bartender Gia St. George host A Living Room Affair, a semi-regular series on Wednesdays with guest bartenders, live music and art. I recently checked out Ebanos Crossing when Russian Standard Vodka took over the bar with guest bartender Billy Ray from the new EightyTwo and Formosa Cafe. The next event is tonight, […]
The last couple of days of Portland Cocktail Week was also jammed packed with activities. I didn’t have classes on Wednesday and Thursday but we did go on a field trip. I opted to go with Hendrick’s Gin. Some other field trips included a distillery tour at House Spirits or clay pigeon hunting with Wild […]
Day 2 and 3 of Portland Cocktail Week brought Bacardi, Beefeater, Jameson, St. George Spirits and bar take overs from Miami’s Broken Shaker, Hawaii’s Monkeypod and San Francisco’s Trick Dog. It was great after class to hit up the Beefeater spa. The gin company was treating everyone to massages, tea and Beefeater punch. […]
At this year’s Portland Cocktail Week, I had a chance to try Ancho Reyes, an ancho chile pepper liqueur that’s launching in California and Texas this month. The liqueur is made from a Mexican recipe dating back to 1927. The flavor is very much of chile, chocolate and cinnamon. It can be enjoyed neat but […]
It’s that time again! If you’re heading to Tales of the Cocktail, be sure to stop at the Bon Vivants’ 4th Annual Pig & Punch on Sunday, July 21 at Washington Square Park in New Orleans. Money raised goes towards New Orleans KIPP Charter Schools. The admission gets you a nifty t-shirt, fabulous pork […]
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