Two At The Most

During Tales of the Cocktail, I’ve seen a lot of great sessions and tasted a lot of great spirits. But I’ve most enjoyed the chance to meet some really great people.

Sure, I got to shake hands with Danny DeVito, who was hand at the Drink Italy session. But even more exciting to a cocktail geek like myself was the chance to have drinks made by many of the great bartenders I’ve heard about. The Cocktail “Carnival” Happy Hour at the Presbytere was one of the best staffed bars of all time. I had drinks made by … Continue Reading

I am such an unrepentant geek that rather than go early to Diageo’s fantastic happy hour at the Presbytere, I stayed on at Tales to attend the New Orleans Pharmacists session.

The Sazerac Poncho

Moderator Phil Greene was joined by Lorin Gaudin, Jay Hendrickson and Ted “Dr. Cocktail” Haigh to talk about the unique contribution that pharmacists from New Orleans have made to the history of the American cocktail.

Phil is a decedent of the family that brought us our beloved Peychaud’s bitters, an essential component of the Sazerac … Continue Reading

What if you were having your birthday and the whole liquor industry showed up to celebrate? That’s a bit what it felt like for me on the opening day of Tales of the Cocktail.

I was a bit trepidatious when I saw the Tales schedule and discovered it started on my birthday. I normally like to spend the week of my birthday in the remote mountains riding my horse. That ride is postponed for a year so that I can experience the sensory overload that is Tales of the Cocktail.

I started the day off with a great breakfast at Stanley on … Continue Reading

I can hardly believe it, but the time is finally here! Tomorrow morning, I leave at the crack of dawn1 for New Orleans to attend Drink.Write 2009 and Tales of the Cocktail.

What does that mean for you, dear reader? It means next week you can expect … Continue Reading

In case you haven’t noticed that there logo on the right side of the page, Two at the Most was invited to participate in Blogging Tales of the Cocktail 2009.

My first post is up, an introduction to what awaits us at the 21st Century Gin session on Friday, July 10. Over on the Tales blog we’ll be previewing more of the sessions. During Tales, we’ll be keeping you up to date on all the fun we’re having things we are learning.

I’m pretty chuffed to be asked to join in this … Continue Reading