Welcome back to Ask a Bartender, where a simple question somehow inspires service industry professionals to take out all of their frustrations on inno...
Ask a Bartender: What Drink Do You Most Hate to Make?
Welcome to Ask a Bartender, wherein the mysteries of the tavern are explained by the professionals who get us drunk. Today’s query: What drink d...
Instant Booze Review: The Old Pal. Or is it a Boulevardier?
I strolled into the bar in a sour, sour, mood. “I’ve been relatively sober for the last two days,” I said. “I think it’s...
Overheard Customer Interactions: Maybe He Can Use His One Phone Call?
[Observed on a recent chilly evening] BARTENDER: Hey man, what can I get you? PATRON: Dude, my buddy tells me you make an awesome Brandy Alexander her...
Booze News: Beer Sales, Boilermakers, and British Mojitos
SABMiller worldwide beer sales are down, and the megabrewer is blaming bad weather in China. (Sure, everyone’s always blaming China.) I thought ...
Instant Booze Review: Libertine House Manhattan
(Composed on a recent pre-football evening) THE DRINK: The “House Manhattan.” THE PLACE: The Libertine in, lord almighty, Green Bay BACK I...
Drinking in the Funny Pages: That’s Probably an Artisanal Sazerac
Given the hulking barkeep’s old-timey getup, I’m going to go ahead and assume that he’s a master mixologist and that “Arthur&#...
Wisconsin Tightens Its Grip On New York City
Today’s New York Times offers an update on Wisconsin’s “inordinate influence on New York dining and drinking.” You’ve go...
Serious Booze: The New York Times Looks at Summer Drinks
One of the things I enjoy about the New York Times is its insistence on treating every topic with a certain degree of pompous gravity. As someone pron...
Get Creative With Your Whiskey Drinks
A big thank you to CoolMaterial.com for compiling this list of crazy unique whiskey cocktails from all over the web. Check these out, yo. If I can eve...