Posted in behind bars, culinary archaeology, nibbles from all over, recipes, tagged behind bars, beverages, good stuff, history, nibbles, sips, try this at home on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This article from the New York Times appears to have two titles: “Sixties accuracy in every sip” and “When cocktails were office supplies.” I personally prefer the latter, but I’d have read an article titled “You’re a big stupid loser” if it meant I could get another serving of my preferred poison, Mad Men.
I first [...]
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Posted in behind bars, crfa show, industry events, recipes, trade shows, video, tagged bartenderone, behind bars, beverages, crfa show, good stuff, taking food to a whole 'nother level, trade shows, try this at home, video on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Can you believe it’s been nearly three months since the 2009 CRFA Show? Nope, me neither.
As part of my nostalgia-tripping, I found this vid on YouTube, featuring the team from BartenderOne, who helped keep things hopping on the Cocktail Stage along with the legendary Dale DeGroff:
On BartenderOne’s main page I [...]
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… but how do you get timid customers to try a new drink in the first place?
According to more than 70% of bartenders in a recent Technomic survey, the best approach is to offer special price promotions. This group notes that this is a particularly effective strategy in “neighborhood bars, at nightclubs that offer [...]
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Posted in behind bars, tagged behind bars on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Even if you always thought that Mary Ann was hotter, there’s no disputing the fact that this Ginger has some serious va-va-voom: Coconut Ginger Highball
For the last two months, Rob Montgomery has been serving up some fantastic summer drink recipes, including the spicy little number mentioned above.
For more cool cocktails that taste better in [...]
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Curious about who this Rob Montgomery fellow is?
Learn more about our resident Behind Bars expert in this neat-o new feature called, inexplicably, “Have you ever ridden a horse?“
This interview with Rob comes complete with an awesome margarita recipe and a Superman reference.
READ IT.
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