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Tales of the Cocktail

Infusions

June 16, 2010

photograph © Jennifer Hess Oh, hey. I knew I left a blog laying around here somewhere. I guess I should breathe a little life into the poor thing again. Things have been slow around here. I grabbed a couple of rent-a-tender shifts over Memorial Day weekend, doing catering-bartending for Brown University’s commencement and alumni-weekend ceremonies. [...]

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To me, my X-Men!

February 25, 2010

Cocktail bloggers! Going to Tales of the Cocktail this year? You’re invited to join the Tales blog! Reply here for details.

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Year Five

February 25, 2010

Dietsch looks back at the last year of A Dash of Bitters and forward to the coming year.

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Haigh’s pioneering champions, part 1

July 14, 2009

In which I discuss my brief appearance in Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, and discuss the others who appear alongside me.

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Tales of the Cocktail 2009

July 7, 2009

No, I won’t be at Tales of the Cocktail this year.

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Notes from the underground

May 5, 2009

First up, those of you who listened to my radio debut might want to know that my wife, Jen, will be appearing on tomorrow’s edition of Jen’s Dish, on WNRI radio. Listen live at wnri.com.  Second, having just returned from Indiana (for family) and NYC (for the Beefeater 24 TDN), I’m off again, this time [...]

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Shrubbin’ and shrubbin’

August 6, 2008

My fellow cocktail bloggers have been working on shrubs and gastriques for a while now. I don’t know why I’ve held off until now. Lack of ambition, perhaps. But I came back from Tales with a drive to try it out, and I’ll credit that impetus entirely to the Cabana Shrub. Cabana Cachaça (link, NSFW) [...]

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Meme

July 30, 2008
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MxMo in the Crescent City

July 28, 2008

For this month’s Mixology Monday, which has a New Orleans theme, I’m going with a couple of drinks, both inspired by panels that I attended at Tales of the Cocktail. The first drink is the Sloppy Joe’s Mojito, inspired obliquely by the To Have and Have Another panel, on the drinking life of Ernest Hemingway. [...]

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