Posted in NYC Events, Spirits on Feb 18th, 2013
Ask an Insider is an interview series that talks to the people that make, serve, shake, sip, pump, pour, crush, distill, and bring life to this industry. (For other interviews in the series, click the Ask an Insider tag at the bottom) Sother Teague, Beverage Director Amor Y Amargo Where are you currently working and […]
Posted in Food, NYC Events, Spirits on Jun 17th, 2012
Slower | Start | Faster To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser. These awesome pics, by Gabi Porter, are of our recent Manhattan Cocktail Classic event at Hearth: From Farm to Still: NY Spirits and NY Roast Pig. 65 people. 4 courses. 520 Cocktails. In 2 hours. Huge […]
Posted in Food, NYC Events, Spirits on May 19th, 2012
What’s the date today? Really? Wow. Where did the week go? Oh, right. We’re opening a new wine bar in the next few days…on a railroad track…in the sky…but more on that later. In the meantime, I must close up some loose ends for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic because it went more beautifully than a […]
Posted in Spirits on Jan 14th, 2012
We figured with the baby only a few weeks away, we better get in as much wining, dining, cocktailing and beering as we can. So, we hit up Julian Medina’s latin joint, Coppelia, last week and I was stoked to see a nice cocktail program in play. But to get away from the booze for […]
Posted in NYC Events, Spirits on Dec 5th, 2010
Their movements were balletic. Like robotic apothecaries, they created elixirs in a dizzying progression of steps. They spun on their heels with perfect calibration, knowing exactly the degree of rotation needed to land on their spirit of choice, and spin back while the bottle was upended and measured into a jigger angled over the mixing […]
Posted in Spirits on Aug 2nd, 2010
The streets of the French Quarter were given a full shake and an Absinthe rinse for the 5-day fiesta that was the 8th Annual Tales of the Cocktail. Bartenders, barbacks, barmaids, bar wenches and bar geeks invaded New Orleans once again this year for what has become the premier yearly gathering for spirit hounds. Just […]
Posted in Beer, G&G Videos, NYC Events, Spirits, Wine on Jun 25th, 2010
North Williamsburg. On a rather desolate block, a mini-Mecca for libation lovers awaits in two-story glory. Be you beer geek, cocktail purist or refined wino, this is your place. All under one gloriously designed roof and with a level of hospitality that will warm any NY’ers heart. The Counting Room, at 44 Barry Street in Brooklyn, plays […]
Posted in Spirits on Feb 17th, 2009
Sipping on authentic, handcrafted libations is the same as sinking your teeth into a beautiful piece of sushi, or pulling the meat off the bone of a slow-cooked rib. But drinks alone do not make a bar. In today’s cocktail world, you’ll often find unassuming entrances, dark lighting, an elaborate bar composed of quality […]
Posted in Spirits on Feb 10th, 2009
The kitchen has truly migrated to the bar. Cabinets have been ransacked, ingredients have been lifted and spun off in wild directions, and bartenders have become mixologists (the closest term to describe the tinkering, oft mad geeky pursuit of flavor and fascination with combinations…the building of formulas a la the chemistry beaker). In the midst […]
