Mar 26, 2020
We discuss the effects that COVID-19 Coronavirus has had on the spirits and cocktail industry and then examine the history of spirits during times of plague in bygone eras. Some of the topics we discuss include:
- How to make a Penicillin cocktail
- The legend of Four Thieves Vinegar
- Aqua Mirabilis (Miracle Water) and...
Sep 12, 2019
In this episode, we do a close reading of David Wondrich's extremely influential new article, "Plato & Aristotle Walk into a Bar - A Meditation on the Daiquiri."
Some of the topics we discuss include:
- Platonic and Aristotelian ideals of matter, logic, and metaphysics
- How to make a proper Caipirinha
- The strengths and...
Jun 13, 2019
When it was first brought to our attention that the word “mocktail” might be somehow bad or offensive, we was taken completely off-balance because, to us, it had always been a useful way to identify – on a cocktail menu – that a certain drink or category of drinks did not contain alcohol, but functioned (in...
Episode 103 - "Mocktail" is not a Dirty Word
Jun 13, 2019
When it was first brought to our attention that the word “mocktail” might be somehow bad or offensive, we was taken completely off-balance because, to us, it had always been a useful way to identify – on a cocktail menu – that a certain drink or category of drinks did not contain alcohol, but functioned (in...
Dec 22, 2017
In this episode, Eric takes advantage of a long road trip to answer all the lightning round questions that interview guests on the Modern Bar Cart Podcast must answer.