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The Modern Bar Cart Podcast

May 25, 2023

In this inspiring conversation with bartender Mike Vander Horn, some of the topics we discuss include:

  • Mike’s personal journey, from his humble origins as a “rum and diet” drinker, to the cocktail competitions that would ultimately lend him the authority to step behind the bar as the head bartender at the newly...


May 4, 2023

In this new #BoozeNews episode, Eric runs down some trending news stories and introduces the new Modern Bar Cart Discord Server! Email podcast@modernbarcart.com to request access to this new community forum.

Featured news items include:

  • Mastering your mint julep game for the Kentucky Derby this weekend
  • Maine Gov. signs...


Apr 20, 2023

In this wide-ranging conversation with World’s 50 Best Content Director Mark Sansom, some of the topics we discuss include:

  • The myriad ways in which entire segments of the hospitality industry have bounced back from the COVID crisis, as well as the talent- and capital-related symptoms and side-effects that linger on...


Apr 13, 2023

In this frosty deep dive with cocktail scholar and author Camper English, some of the topics we discuss include:

  • The story of Camper’s initial tumble down the ice rabbit hole, originating at the legendary New York bar, Milk & Honey, and resulting in a whole slew of at home experiments designed to test the...


Mar 30, 2023

In this Mesquited, not Peated conversation with Whiskey Del Bac Head Distiller Mark Vierthaler, some of the topics we discuss include:

  • What it takes for a spirit to be called an “American Single Malt Whiskey,” a term that is currently self-administered by the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, but that’s on...