A weblog detailing cocktails, spirits, liqueurs, barware, bars, and bitters. Maintained by Michael Dietsch, a hobbyist mixer in Providence, R.I.

From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Ads of the week: Hesperidina

by Michael Dietsch on May 28, 2010 · 0 comments

in Apéritifs,Vintage ads

Finishing up the set of ads from the Hesperidina. Many thanks to Federico Cuco for sending them along.

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MxMo: Up Shit Creek Again

by Michael Dietsch on May 21, 2010 · 1 comment

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I’ve been riffing on the Tom Waits theme for the last couple of weeks, and now it’s the deadline, and I’ve got nothing. Looks like I’m …

The music ends at 3:00.

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Ads of the week: Hesperidina

by Michael Dietsch on May 21, 2010 · 1 comment

in Apéritifs,Vintage ads

More ads from the Hesperidina set. Many thanks to Federico Cuco for sending them along.

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Finally, the third in a series of short films (or long ads) by Bacardi. In this installment, our intrepid traveler enters a bar in what’s probably London. As with The Samurai and The Hummingbird videos, this film highlights bartending technique and skill. Take a look. [As before, click through to watch large, in HD.] Again, [...]

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mXmO: Bedlam and Squalor

May 16, 2010

Nothing like a challenge, right? A week or so ago, I noticed that the May Mixology Monday theme was Tom Waits. The concept’s interesting but the thing I noticed was that there was no date for it, no deadline. This is new for MxMo, so I took to Twitter: Next Mixology Monday is apparently about Tom [...]

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Ads of the week: Hesperidina

May 14, 2010

More ads from the Hesperidina set. Many thanks to Federico Cuco for sending them along.

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MxMo: Tom waits for no one

May 9, 2010

Here are some true damn Tom Waits facts for you: Every weekday morning, too damn early, we wake up to “New Coat of Paint,” off of Heart of Saturday Night. Which, by the way, was the first damn Waits album I ever owned. Bought it before some of my readers could legally drink. Some nights, [...]

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Ads of the week: Hesperidina

May 7, 2010

Here’s something a little different–a group of ads for Hesperidina, an orange-flavored aperitif popular in Argentina. (As far as I know, it’s not imported into the United States.) These were sent my way by Federico Cuco, a Buenos Aires barman. With his permission, I’m publishing them here, two per week. I don’t know anything about [...]

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